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Florida governor vetoes bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions
Florida Governor Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound or listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure would be performed. A woman would be exempt (More) |
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URUGUAY: Approaches to the Expiry Law
Ekaterina Sivolobova, a student in the Faculty of Law at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, writes about the problem of legal impunity in Uruguay... Without a doubt, legal impunity is a problem affecting Latin America. Most South American st (More) |
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Canada high court upholds publication ban on evidence at bail hearings
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday upheld a defendant's right to a publication ban that applies to the evidence and information produced at a bail hearing. Canadian media organizations have claimed that the statutory ban, codified under & (More) |
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ICTY convicts 7 senior Bosnian Serb officials of war crimes
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday convicted seven senior Bosnian Serb officials of war crimes against Bosnian Muslims committed during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Military security chiefs Vujadin (More) |
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Taiwan ex-president Chen found not guilty of misusing funds
The Taipei District Court on Tuesday found former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] not guilty of embezzling USD $330,000. Chen was indicted in September for allegedly using funds received from the Foreign Affai (More) |
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ICTR transfers 25 cases to Rwandan jurisdiction
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday transferred the cases of 25 suspects in the 1994 Rwandan conflict [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to Rwandan authorities. The suspects, who have been investigated but not yet (More) |
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Israel launches internal military probe of flotilla attack
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday launched an internal investigation of the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . Chief of the General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi named Major General Giora Island to he (More) |
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Israel rejects international inquiry into flotilla attack
The Israeli ambassador to the US rejected the idea of an international inquiry into the Israeli raid on several ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip , during an appearance on FOX News Sunday [transcript; video]. The proposal, put forth by UN Sec (More) |
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Kazakhstan president declines to sign bill extending powers
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev [official website; BBC profile] on Thursday announced during a local TV broadcast that he will not sign a controversial law that would grant him several presidential powers for life, even if he stepped down from (More) |
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Iran supreme leader pardons 81 post-election protesters
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [official website; BBC profile] on Wednesday pardoned or commuted the sentences of 81 protesters arrested following the disputed 2009 presidential election [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The pa (More) |
President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus
On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address drafts riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861).
Read "Lincoln and Habeas Corpus" from the University of California at Long Beach.
