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Somalia allowing recruitment of child soldiers: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday criticized Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (FTG) and African Union forces (AMISOM) for failing to stop the unlawful recruitment of children as soldiers, forced marriage and rape. HRW released a repor (More) |
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Prosecuting the Dead
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that the ongoing posthumous prosecution of former lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is a violation of the rule of law and a mark of shame against the Russian judicial system... (More) |
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UK Ruling Provides Greater Church-State Separation Than in US
JURIST Guest Columnist Alex Luchenitser, Associate Legal Director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, says that despite the US constitutional tradition of separation between church and state, US courts lag far behind the UK after (More) |
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UN General Assembly passes resolution condemning Syria violence
The UN General Assembly voted on Thursday to condemn Syria through a non-binding resolution . The resolution supports a plan advanced by the Arab League that aims to bring the situation in Syria to a close as quickly as possible by encouraging P (More) |
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The Nightmare of Terror-Related Blacklisting
JURIST Guest Columnist Maureen Duffy of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law says that the use of "blacklists" as a tool for counter-terrorism efforts does not increase public safety, and instead may result in a form of legal punishment based on (More) |
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HRW calls for reduction of Latin America prison population
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for the reduction of overcrowding to improve poor prison conditions in Latin America following a prison fire in Honduras. The fire occurred this past Tuesday and killed more than 300 inmates while injuri (More) |
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Philippines president calls for public support in chief justice impeachment trial
Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for public support Thursday to encourage impeachment proceedings against Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona . Aquino warned that the fight against corruption depended on the result of the impeachment. (More) |
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Libya leaders abusing, torturing Gaddafi supporters: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report accusing the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya of allowing the abuse and torture of supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive] by unof (More) |
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Understanding the Health Care Reform Litigation
JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that to understand the ongoing health care reform litigation, it is important to keep certain points in mind, and provides an in-depth preview to the issues to b (More) |
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Revisiting Standing: Proposition 8 in the Ninth Circuit
JURIST Columnist Vikram Amar, writing the inaugural edition of the column authored by the faculty of the University of California, Davis School of Law, says that the Ninth Circuit could have ruled that the initiative proponents lacked standing to def (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.
