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Exhibitionists Demanding Privacy: Facebook and the Constitution
Farrell Miller, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the fifth article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor Leonard Baynes. He w (More) |
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Rights group urges Haiti authorities to prosecute Duvalier
Amnesty International (AI) called on Haitian authorities Thursday to prosecute former president Jean-Claude Duvalier for crimes against humanity that occurred under his leadership between 1971 and 1986. The pressure on Haiti comes after AI releas (More) |
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UN rights office urges halt to Syria violence
The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged the Syrian government to end their violent crackdown on protesters and permit an independent investigation into the current situation in the country. Ravina Shamdasani, (More) |
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DHS advisors recommend changes to controversial immigrant screening process
The US Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) approved a report on Thursday detailing concerns with the controversial Secure Communities Program , a federal enforcement program that partners local law enforcement with federal immi (More) |
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Libya ex-PM arrested in Tunisia
Former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi was arrested Wednesday in Tamaghza, Tunisia, near the border with Algeria, according to Tunisian authorities. Al-Mahmoudi was sentenced to six months in prison for illegal entering the countr (More) |
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The Debt Crisis and the Legality of Leaving the Eurozone
JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker of the American University of Paris says that the recent debt crisis in the EU has made it necessary to examine whether it is legally possible for a eurozone nation to leave the EU and abandon the joint currency... (More) |
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UK to pay compensation to 'Bloody Sunday' victims
The British government announced Thursday that it would pay reparations to the families of those killed or wounded in Northern Ireland's 1972 Bloody Sunday, the day on which members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil right (More) |
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Georgia executes Troy Anthony Davis after Supreme Court denies stay
The state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] Wednesday night after his eleventh-hour appeal for clemency was denied by the US Supreme Court. Davis was put to death by lethal injection, the three-drug cock (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Belarus to release political prisoners
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday suggested a need for UN intervention in Belarus and demanded the nation free non-violent political prisoners. Although Belarus is an active member of the UN and has ratified many of its (More) |
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'Don't Ask Don't Tell' officially repealed
The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST news archive] officially took effect Tuesday at 12:01 AM ET. With the repeal of the law, the military can no longer prevent gays and lesbians from serving openly among its ranks. (More) |
Organization of American States established
On April 30, 1948, the Organization of American States (OAS) was established in Bogota, Colombia with the signing of the Charter of the Organization of American States at the Ninth International Conference of American States.
