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UN SG accuses Assad of crimes against humanity
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated in a UN meeting on Friday that an expert team's report will likely confirm the use of chemical weapons in the August 21 attack on Damascus.The attack , which has been attributed to forces loyal to Syrian Pre (More) |
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Syria: The Purgatory of the 'Arab Spring'
JURIST Guest Columnist Enver Hasani of the University of Prishtina in Kosovo, argues that regime change in Syria will represent a profound geopolitical shift... (More) |
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Northern Ireland must address past rights violations: AI
Northern Ireland will struggle to move forward due to its failure to establish the truth about abuses committed during its civil unrest, Amnesty International (AI) warned in a report published Thursday. The report, entitled "Northern Ireland: Time (More) |
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The Roles and Relationship between the Two European Courts in Post-Lisbon EU Human Rights Protection
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Butti, University of Utrecht Class of 2014, investigates what are the different roles of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding human rights protection in the EU a (More) |
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HRW: Syria government 'likely' used chemical weapons
The Syrian government is likely responsible for the August 21 chemical weapon attacks, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. HRW stated that the attack probably involved the use of sarin nerve gas, echoing a UN report of the suspected use of (More) |
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Fifth Circuit Makes Sound Decision on Cell Site Location Information
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Corbett of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School says that the Fifth Circuit's decision concerning cell site location information is constitutionally sound and that, for the time being, lower courts will have to work through (More) |
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Canada court allows disabled veteran class action to continue
A judge for the Supreme Court of British Columbia on Friday declined to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by disabled members of the Canadian military seeking to invalidate a veteran compensation law that limits payments to disabled veterans. La (More) |
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EU court annulls sanctions on Iran
The EU General Court on Friday annulled sanctions imposed upon eight Iranian banks and companies, finding them unjustified. The 28-nation group has frozen assets and banned travel since 2010 for Iranian citizens thought to be linked to the nation' (More) |
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Dutch high court holds state liable for 3 deaths during Srebrenica massacre
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands on Friday ruled that the state is responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims who were murdered shortly after being forced to leave a UN designated "safe area" controlled by the Dutch Battalion (Dutchba (More) |
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HRW: Cambodia government obstructing Khmer Rouge court
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that the refusal by the government of Cambodia to pay staff at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , is an attempt to undermine efforts to bring former (More) |
World Press Freedom day
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day.
On May 3, 1845, Macon B. Allen, the first African American to practice law in the United States, was admitted to the Massachusetts bar.
Read a contemporary newspaper account of his admission.
