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Changes to Military Commissions Act not enough to fix flawed system
Michelle McCluer [Director, National Institute of Military Justice]: "Congress appears ready to enact changes to the 2006 Military Commissions Act . After the opening days of the Obama Administration, it feels strange to be writing about the fu (More) |
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Judging Gaza: The Israeli Government Report
JURIST Guest Columnist Robbie Sabel of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem, Israel, says that despite its partisan nature, a report issued by Israel's government on the legal and factual underpinnings of the December-January Gaza of (More) |
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Missing Russia human rights activist found dead
Russian officials announced on Wednesday that the body of Russian human rights activist Andrei Kulagin had been found in a quarry. Kulagin, the former head of rights group Spravedlivost, had been missing since May . Although officials did not commen (More) |
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Russia eases restrictions on non-governmental organizations
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday approved amendments [text, in Russian; summary, in Russian] to the country's law that regulates non-governmental organizations (NGOs), loosening and simplifying registration requirements for the group (More) |
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Kenya troops violated human rights during illegal arms operation: rights group
Kenyan troops tortured, raped, and committed other human rights violations against civilians during an operation to quell ethnic fighting in the country's northeastern Mandera Triangle region, according to a report released Monday by Human Righ (More) |
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SERBIA: Towards the Rule of Law
Ana Nikodijevic, visiting scholar from the School of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, comments on the ongoing development of human rights law in Serbia...Although the ethnic conflicts of the 1990s are a distant memory for much of the (More) |
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Taiwan, China sign judicial cooperation pact
Taiwan and China on Sunday signed a landmark judicial cooperation agreement , under which each side will help to repatriate suspected criminals. The transfers of almost 40,000 criminals and suspects between the nations have been facilitated by non- (More) |
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China issues first human rights protection plan
The government of China on Monday issued its first national plan aimed at protecting human rights. The Information Office of the State Council published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China, which sets forth the government's human r (More) |
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The US and the UN Human Rights Council: No Instant Gratification
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Noah Bialostozky of White & Case LLP says that while the US may help make the UN Human Rights Council a more meaningful forum for constructive, diplomatic engagement on human rights issues if it is elected to a seat (More) |
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ICC should take steps to improve enforcement of international justice: report
The International Criminal Court (ICC) should take steps to improve the enforcement of international justice, according to a report [text, PDF; press release] issued Tuesday by Aegis Trust , an advocacy group dedicated to eliminating genocide. The (More) |
US House voted to impeach President Clinton
On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.
Read the Articles of Impeachment.
