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Do Criminal Record Disclosures Breach Our Human Rights?
JURIST Guest Columnist Serge Diaz, University of Edinburgh School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the effects of a recent ruling by the UK Court of Appeal on UK criminal record disclosures laws...On January 29, 2013, the UK Court of Appeal handed dow (More) |
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Displaced people in Somalia face abuse, rape: HRW
Displaced people in Somalia face the risk of physical abuse and rape, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report [text, PDF; press release] released Wednesday. HRW noted that the threat of beatings and rape from internal security forces was sig (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on DOMA
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in United States v. Windsor [transcript, PDF; audio], the second of two cases the court heard this week on same-sex marriage [JURIST report; JURIST backgrounder]. In Wednesday's argument, the cour (More) |
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Egypt court overturns president's removal of prosecutor-general
An Egyptian appeals court on Wednesday overturned the November 22 decree [Daily News Egypt report] by Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] which dismissed Prosecutor-General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud. Morsi had removed Mah (More) |
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Congo war crimes suspect denies charges in first appearance before ICC
Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda denied charges at his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday. Ntaganda is accused of 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, pillag (More) |
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Top Egypt prosecutor issues arrest warrants for 5 activists
Egypt's top prosecutor issued arrest warrants on Monday against five activists for their alleged involvement in recent clashes between protesters and the Muslim Brotherhood . The warrants were issued against activists opposing the Brotherhood and Pr (More) |
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Human rights groups critical of UAE trial
A coalition of international human rights groups on Monday criticized the trial of 94 activists in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) . The joint endeavor is led by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, the International Federation of Human Rights, the Ara (More) |
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Central African Republic rebels dissolve constitution
Michel Djotodia, leader of rebel forces behind a coup in the Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], declared in a radio address Monday that the country's constitution is dissolved and he is now the nation's leader. D (More) |
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Ban urges restoration of constitutional order following Central African Republic coup
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned [press release; UN News Centre report] a coup by Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Seleka rebels after they seized the country's capital of Bangui, causing Pr (More) |
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'Too Little Justice': Misdemeanor Defendants in the US
JURIST Guest Columnist Alba Morales, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, argues that indigent defendants are not receiving proper instructions regarding their right to counsel, a problem leading to uneducated plea bargains... (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.
