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UN Gaza mission presents findings to rights council
Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict Richard Goldstone formally presented the group's findings to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Tuesday. In his opening remarks , Goldstone defended the report [text, PDF; JURIST repor (More) |
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Qatar establishes constitutional court
A new Constitutional Court of Qatar , established to hear disputes over matters of constitutional interpretation, became functional [Peninsula report] Sunday. The court will act primarily to ensure that legislation complies with the country's co (More) |
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Israel rejects UN call for independent inquiry into Gaza war crimes allegations
Israeli officials on Wednesday rejected a call by the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict to establish an independent inquiry into accusations of war crimes during December and January's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip [BBC back (More) |
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UN report finds evidence both Israel and Palestine committed Gaza war crimes
Both Israel and Palestine committed war crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity during December and January's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip, according to a report [text, PDF; press release] released Tuesday by the UN Fact Find (More) |
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UK police to investigate claims intelligence service engaged in torture
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Friday that the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has referred allegations of torture by its officers to Attorney General Patricia Scotland and the Metropolitan Police for investigation. In an open (More) |
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DOJ seeks dismissal of diplomatic immunity suit in Italy CIA rendition case
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former State Department official seeking diplomatic immunity against Italian charges of helping to unlawfully kidnap a suspected terrorist. (More) |
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Obama administration to continue rendition of terror suspects with oversight: report
The US will continue its practice of sending terror detainees to third countries for interrogation with increased oversight to prevent torture, the New York Times reported Monday. The practice, known as rendition , received worldwide attention dur (More) |
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Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the notion of setting up a special international tribunal to try Guantanamo detainees - most recently floated in an op-ed in the New York Times - is not as promi (More) |
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Rights group suing UK government over rendition of terrorism suspects to Bagram
UK human rights group Reprieve announced Monday that it is initiating legal action [filing letter, PDF; press release] against the British government over the rendition of two terrorism suspects to Afghanistan. The two men were arrested by British (More) |
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Israel launches internal criminal probes into Gaza misconduct
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced they are conducting criminal investigations into alleged intentional misconduct by their soldiers during December and January's fighting in the Gaza strip. In a report seeking "to pla (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
