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Alleged Nazi war criminal seeks damages from Australia for false imprisonment
An alleged Nazi war criminal has filed a writ to sue the Australian government for wrongful imprisonment after being jailed on a charge of killing an 18-year-old Jewish man in Hungary in 1944. Charles Zentai [The Australian backgrounder], a 91-year- (More) |
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UN rights expert urges promotion of freedom of religious conversion
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt presented a report to the General Assembly Thursday urging all member states to protect freedom of belief as it applies to religious conversion. Bielefeldt's report documen (More) |
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Wikileaks begins release of confidential US 'detainee policies'
The controversial intelligence-leaking website Wikileaks [website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday began releasing a series of confidential US detainee policies , according to the website. The site said that it will release "more than 100 classifi (More) |
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UN expert: judicial corruption threatens rule of law
A UN legal expert said Wednesday that governments around the world need to do more to combat judicial corruption . Presenting her annual report to the UN General Assembly, Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul (More) |
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UN committee: too many states still use torture practices
While the international community has come a long way in enacting legal standards to prevent torture and inhumane punishment, UN Committee Against Torture Chairperson Claudio Grossman said Tuesday that there are still too many states practicing tor (More) |
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Plain Packaging and Protectionism: What is Free Trade?
JURIST Guest Columnist Simon Lester of the Cato Institute argues that a greater focus on protectionism will expand trade liberalization and help to balance international trade rules... (More) |
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UN experts urge Colombia to reconsider constitutional reform of military criminal law
United Nations (UN) independent human rights experts on Monday urged Colombian authorities to reconsider proposed constitutional reforms affecting the military criminal law. Eleven experts, comprising the Special Procedures mandate-holders of the (More) |
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Bahrain upholds convictions against two teachers for organizing strike efforts
A Bahrain appeals court upheld verdicts against two teachers on Sunday for organizing a teachers' strike early last year to support anti-government protests . At their first hearing in front of a military tribunal, the pair were convicted of using t (More) |
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One Thousand Years of Danger: Spent Nuclear Fuel Production and Management in the US
JURIST Guest Columnist Catherine Jahn, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the eighth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Jahn suggests how the US ca (More) |
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Breyer stays UK subpoena for Boston College IRA research
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Wednesday entered a temporary stay to a subpoena from the British government seeking research materials from Boston College . The British government is attempting to gain access to research done for the (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.
