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UN asks North and South Korea to open human rights discussions
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Demoractic People's Republic of Korea , Tomas Ojea Quintana , is asking North and South Korea to open discussions concerning human rights following his second visit to South Korea. Quintana argued th (More) |
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European Court: Austria and Slovenia can deport refugees to Croatia
The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday in favor of Austria and Slovenia's deportation of refugees to Croatia, thereby requiring asylum-seekers to return to the first EU member state in which they arrive. In upholding these so-called Dublin R (More) |
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House overwhelmingly passes bill for sanctions against Russia, Iran, North Korea
The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday regarding sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, with a vote of 419-3. The sanctions against Iran are for the country's ballistic missile program, terrorism related activities and hu (More) |
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Rights group calls on US to end surgeries on intersex children
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued an expansive report on Tuesday calling for a "moratorium" on surgeries designed to "normalize" intersex children, those who are "are born with chromosomes, gonads, sex organs, or genitalia that differ from those seen (More) |
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Has India Opened the ICJ Pandora's Box in Dispute with Pakistan?
JURIST Guest Columnist Abhishek Trivedi, LLM Faculty of Studies, at South Asian University - New Delhi discusses the implications of the International Court of Justice decision in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case... On May 18, 2017 the order of provisional (More) |
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Philippines president promises escalating war on drugs despite international human rights concerns
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte promised Monday to continue to escalate the war on drugs in his country despite international concern over human rights violations. The war on drugs, which has been a staple aspect of his presidency and his pub (More) |
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UN rights expert voices concern over worsening situation in Myanmar
In a statement to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee voiced her concern on Monday over the worsening human rights situation in Myanmar. During her 12-day v (More) |
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President Trump, Impeachment, and the "Higher Law": Part II
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, in part two of this two part series, continues his discussion on how Higher Law supports the prospective impeachment of President Trump... II. What is to be done when positive law (w (More) |
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President Trump, Impeachment, and the "Higher Law": Part I
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, in part one of this two part series, discusses how Higher Law supports the prospective impeachment of President Trump... "The legality of the Constitution, its supremacy, and its claim (More) |
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India v. Pakistan – Round Four
JURIST Guest Columnist Dhruv Sharma of National Law University, Delhi discusses the tense relationship between India and Pakistan magnified due to recent events ... On May 8 2017, the President of the International Court of Justice (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
