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UN calls for end to enforced disappearances
The UN called Tuesday for all states to end the "heinous crime" of enforced or involuntary disappearances . Enforced disappearances refers to the practice of placing people in secret detentions for weeks or months without ever being brought before a (More) |
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Syria president issues new law on media
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a legislative decree on Sunday repealing earlier more restrictive laws on media. Legislative Decree No. 108 for 2011 lifts oppressive legislation which allowed for imprisoning journalists for "attacking the (More) |
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UN rights expert urges Myanmar to probe abuses
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana on Thursday urged the government of Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses and improve its rights record . Speaking at the end of his five-day mission to Myan (More) |
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Avoiding Amnesty: Bringing Gaddafi to Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that members of the Gaddafi regime must be brought to justice in accordance with international law and should not be allowed to go into exile like other dictators in the region... (More) |
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El Salvador high court refuses to arrest soldiers accused of murdering priests
The Supreme Court of El Salvador on Wednesday blocked the arrests and extradition of nine former soldiers accused of committing the 1989 "Jesuit Massacre," defying Interpol red notices for the suspects. The court said that Spain had not presented (More) |
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ICC ends first war crimes trial
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday concluded its first war crimes trial after two years. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) militia leader Thomas Lubanga [ICC materials; BBC profile] was taken into ICC custody in March 2006, becomi (More) |
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UN rights council adopts Syria probe resolution
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday voted 33-4 to adopt a resolution ordering an investigation into crimes against humanity in Syria and urging the Syrian government once again to halt its violent crackdown against peaceful protesters. (More) |
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ICC in talks with Libya rebels to hand over Gaddafi son for prosecution
Representatives from the International Criminal Court (ICC) were reportedly meeting Monday with Libyan rebels to discuss turning over the son of Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, to the court f (More) |
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Libya requests UN investigation into NATO abuse
Libyan Prime Minister Al Baghdad Ali Al-Mahmoudi requested that the UN create a "high-level commission" to investigate alleged human rights abuses by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) . Though NATO was mandated by the UN to use force i (More) |
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Australia Guantanamo detainee Hicks petitions UN over alleged rights violations
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has filed an appeal with the UN Human Rights Committee complaining of multiple violations of international law stemming from his five-year incarceration at Guantanamo from 2002 to 2007. Hicks, an Austra (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.
