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HRW: Turkey should end police violence against protesters
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Turkish police Sunday to use non-violent tactics with civilians protesting the renovation of a rare public green space in Istanbul. Police forces dispersed peaceful protests with tear gas, water canons and plasti (More) |
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UN expert calls on Bangladesh to address pervasive violence against women
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo on Thursday urged the government of Bangladesh to address the prevalent acts of violence against women occurring in the country. Manjoo noted that while the most pervasive form of vio (More) |
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UN rights expert urges governments to develop effective legal aid systems
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul urged world governments Thursday to guarantee the right to legal aid at the highest level possible and to consider enacting specific legislation to establish a compr (More) |
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UN rights expert calls for ban on lethal autonomous robotics
Then UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Thursday urged the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to impose a moratorium on lethal autonomous robotics (LAR's), also known as "killer robots." A key c (More) |
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UN rights council condemns recent Syria attacks, foreign fighters
The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning the most recent Syrian attacks in Al-Qusayr and calling for an end to the violence. In a speech on Wednesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay noted that t (More) |
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ICTY convicts 6 Bosnian Croat leaders of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted [press release; judgment summary, PDF] six Bosnian Croat political and military leaders Wednesday for persecuting, expelling and murdering Muslims during the Bosnian Civ (More) |
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Kenya police abusing refugees: HRW
Kenyan police engaged in a 10-week rampage in Nairobi beginning in late 2012, torturing and abusing more than 1,000 refugees, asylum seekers and Somali Kenyans, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. HRW claims that the Kenyan police used gr (More) |
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UN rights expert urges EU to respect migrants' rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants Francois Crepeau urged the EU on Tuesday to focus on human rights in its migration policies . Crepeau visited both sides of the border in Turkey, Greece, Tunisia and Italy to investigate th (More) |
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Egypt president sends NGO bill to parliament
Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi sent a bill to the country's interim parliament on Monday that would regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The most recent draft allocates wider financial autonomy to civic associations and NGOs. Accordi (More) |
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What Exactly is "Extraterritorial Application" of a Statute?
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth S. Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law says that careful delineation of the application of extraterritorial law is the key to its predictable application ... (More) |
FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died
Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II.
Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.
