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UN rights experts call for end to secret prisons
UN rights experts on Thursday called on the UN Human Rights Council to investigate findings from a report [text, PDF; JURIST report] released earlier this year detailing the secret imprisonment of terrorism suspects by 66 countries including the U (More) |
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Obama extends additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered executive agencies to offer greater benefits to the same-sex partners of federal employees and their children, expanding benefits to their allowable limits under federal law. The Defense of Marriage Ac (More) |
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UN rights council condemns Israel attack, calls for independent investigation
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday condemned Israel's weekend raid on aid ships bound for the blockaded Gaza strip and initiated an independent investigation into possible violations of international law. The resolution was adopt (More) |
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US warns against ICC adopting state aggression as crime
US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp expressed concern Tuesday over the potential adoption of a state aggression law by the International Criminal Court (ICC) , claiming that it could undermine the integrity of the ICC. The st (More) |
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US states urge Supreme Court to limit military funeral protests
Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the right to limit protests around military funerals in the case of Snyder v. Phelps . The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] g (More) |
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UN rights chief calls for international inquiry into Sri Lanka conflict
UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay on Monday called for an international inquiry into the conduct of the Sri Lankan government during its civil war . Pillay, speaking at the opening of the fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council , com (More) |
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France appeals court denies Noriega bail request
The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday denied a request by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to be released from jail while awaiting his trial next month. Noriega claimed that he is too well-known to be (More) |
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Rand Paul and the Business of Discrimination
JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Bratman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul claims he opposes repealing the foundational Civil Rights Act of 1964, his controversial comments on race discrimin (More) |
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Amnesty annual report decries 'global justice gap'
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released its 2010 Annual Report [materials; press release], highlighting a "global justice gap" caused by influential governments avoiding accountability for human rights abuses. AI was critical of t (More) |
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UNICEF expresses concern over Guantanamo detainee Khadr
UNICEF expressed concern Wednesday over Guantanamo Bay detainee and former child soldier Omar Khadr [DOD Materials; JURIST news archive]. Khadr was arrested in Afghanistan in 2002 at the age of 15 after he allegedly threw a grenade that killed on (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.
