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IS and Human Rights Violations
Human rights violations committed by IS continue to escalate throughout 2014, raising concern in the international community. Critics state , Armed operations and insurgency tactics are bound to produce casualties; it is when the perpetrators of the (More) |
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Development of IS
The Middle Eastern-based Islamic State (IS) goes by many names, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), but these are only recent denominations for an organization whose origins predate (More) |
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Amnesty: Syrian refugees facing border abuse, destitution in Turkey
Syrian refugees are facing human rights abuses and destitution as they flee into Turkey, Amnesty International (AI) said Thursday. The report , "Struggling to Survive: Refugees from Syria in Turkey," addresses hundreds of thousands of Syrian refug (More) |
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UN General Assembly: North Korea should be referred to ICC
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday urged the Security Council to call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate allegations against North Korea for crimes against humanity. The vote came after the release of a report in February by (More) |
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Defense lawyer argues Guantanamo detainee immune from war crimes charges
A US military lawyer for a Guantanamo Bay detainee argued Monday that the detainee, who is described as an al Qaeda commander, may be classified as a soldier according to international war rules and thus exempt from prosecution. The lawyer asked a j (More) |
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HRW reports executions and disappearances in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday released a report which accuses police officers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) of executing 51 youths and causing the disappearance of 33 others. The police action was carried-out in furtherance of an (More) |
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UN rights expert: Cambodia government using judiciary for political purposes
An independent UN human rights expert said Tuesday that Cambodia's government is manipulating the judiciary to silence opposition . The Special Rapporteur in Cambodia , Surya Subedi, emphasized recent arrests followed by mass convictions for a July (More) |
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A Woman's Right To Secure Employment Despite Her Beauty
JURIST Guest Columnist Pardis Camarda, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2015, is the author of the sixth article in a twelve-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Camarda discusses attracti (More) |
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Haditha Redux
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth Englade, discusses military justice system in the context of the Haditha incident in 2005 ...Nine years ago this week a squad from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, was returning from a routine re-supply (More) |
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UN rights expert: accountablity for abuses in North Korea paramount
The issue of accountability of those responsible for crimes against humanity in the country remains at the top of the agenda, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in the People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Marzuki Darusman said Friday. The comm (More) |
Catholic Church abolishes index of prohibited books
On June 14, 1966, the Roman Catholic Church abolished the Index Librorum Prohibitum (index of prohibited books). The list was first published in 1559 to ban books that the Church considered immoral or contradictory to Church teachings.
Search a database of the Index Librorum Prohibitum.
