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UN calls on India to end arbitrary executions
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Friday called on India's government to take stronger measures to end extrajudicial and arbitrary executions . While commending India for its willingness to lis (More) |
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Human rights court agrees to hear Guantanamo detainee case
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday agreed to hear the case of Guantanamo detainee and Algerian national Djamel Ameziane. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJI (More) |
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Bahrain human rights defender should be released immediately: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged the Bahraini government to release Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment [JURIST report; BBC report] last year by a military court, so that he does not die as a result (More) |
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HRW urges Afghanistan to release women and girls jailed for 'moral crimes'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called on the Afghan government to release women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for "moral crimes" , many of which involve flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence and "zina," which is sex (More) |
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Kansas House approves controversial bill to strengthen First Amendment rights
The Kansas House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that prohibits a governing body from passing a law that would infringe on an individual's right to religion, which some suggest is a guise to discriminate against same-sex couples. The (More) |
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Rights group claims discrimination, rights abuses on US border
Amnesty International (AI) published a report Wednesday accusing the US Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of discriminating and committing rights abuses along the border between Mexico and the US. AI claims that discrimi (More) |
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Russia lawmakers introduce bill banning promotion of homosexuality
The Russian lower house of Parliament, the State Duma , will consider a controversial bill introduced by lawmakers on Thursday that bans the spread of "homosexual propaganda" to minors. The bill calls for fines of up to 500,000 rubles (USD $16,500) (More) |
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Realities and Priorities of Portugal's Debt Management, Pt. II
JURIST Guest Columnist Rafael Lomenso is a LL.M. Candidate at the Católica Global School of Law, a Lisbon-based faculty of the Catholic University of Portugal. In the second entry of a four-part series on the realities and priorities of Portugue (More) |
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Supreme Court hears final day of health care arguments
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard the final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] in the case of United States Department of Health and Human Services v (More) |
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Poland ex-intelligence head faces charges for involvement in secret CIA prison
The former head of the Polish Intelligence Agency may face charges for his assistance of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating a secret prison in Poland. Zbigniew Siemiatkowski told a Polish newspaper on Tuesday that he could face (More) |
Acts of Union creates Great Britain
On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act.
Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
