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Tunisia court orders extradition of former Libya PM
A Tunisian appellate court ruled Tuesday that a Libyan senior official who served under Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive] should be extradited back to Libya. Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], Gadd (More) |
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Sri Lanka urged to enforce laws against torture, ill-treatment
Sri Lanka has failed to successfully investigate the issues of torture and impunity for past human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International (AI) said Monday on the eve of a review by the UN Committee Against Torture . In its report, (More) |
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Federal judge blocks new tobacco warning label requirements
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a temporary injunction to block the implementation of new requirements of graphic image and textual warning labels imposed by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobac (More) |
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Spain court sentences ETA leader to 105 years for ordering murder
A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a former military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA , Francisco Javier Garcia Gatzelu, alias Txapote, to 105 years in prison for ordering the murder of Socialist politician Fernando Buesa and his bodyguard (More) |
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NTC Must Investigate Gaddafi's Death to Establish Credibility
JURIST Guest Columnist Ottilia Maunganidze, Researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, says that the NTC must conduct a proper investigation into Muammar Gaddafi's death to meet its international obligations and ensure justice for human rights (More) |
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Sharia in Libya: Implications for Human Rights and the Rule of Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Umar Oseni of Harvard Law School says the international concern over the announcement of Islamic law in Libya is misplaced, and instead the international community should focus on helping build an Islamic legal system that upho (More) |
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UN rights committee concerned about Iran executions, minority rights
The UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern Friday over the protection of individuals' rights in Iran. The committee, composed of independent experts, has recently examined Iran's progress in adopting the International Covenant on Civil and Po (More) |
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Bangladesh urged to stop harassment of defense counsel at war crimes tribunal
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Bangladesh to stop the harassment of defense counsel and witnesses to preserve legitimacy of the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) . HRW pointed to reports that defense counsel and witne (More) |
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Mercenary regulation necessary to protect human rights: UN report
The United Nations Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries released a report on Tuesday claiming that the increase in the use of private military and security companies raises human rights challenges and should be regulated internationally. Citing (More) |
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French Copwatch Ruling Continues Trend of Censorship
JURIST Guest Columnist Félix Tréguer, Policy and Legal Analyst at La Quadrature du Net, says that the recent ruling blocking the Copwatch website in France is just another instance of censorship under the Sarkozy government which prevents F (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.
