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Serbia's genocide suit against Croatia reflects Balkan political realities
Zarko Markovic [Researcher, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights]: "When Croatia filed its genocide suit against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, the political implications of that move might have seemed much easier to predict than its le (More) |
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Status of women must be addressed for lasting peace in Sudan
Lyric Thompson [Policy Analyst, Women for Women International]: "Last week Sudan celebrated an ironic anniversary. In name only, it was the fifth anniversary of peace - specifically, the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA), the official armisti (More) |
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New Wars, New Rules? Not So Fast...
JURIST Guest Columnist Laurie Blank of Emory Law's International Humanitarian Law Clinic says that while the challenges posed by "new wars" are admittedly vast, we should not let those define us and our values. Rather, she suggests, we (More) |
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Iran parliamentary inquiry finds prosecutor responsible for detainee deaths
An Iranian parliamentary inquiry has found that Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi was responsible for the deaths of at least three detainees involved in protests that followed the June 12 presidential election , the conservative Alef website report (More) |
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Rights groups claim enhanced US airline passenger screening unconstitutional
Civil rights groups on Monday opposed stricter screening procedures for passengers entering the US from 14 countries, calling the measures unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on the US government to "adhere to (More) |
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Montana supreme court rules physician assisted suicide not banned by state law
A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that physician assisted suicide is not banned by state law, making Montana the third state to allow the practice after Oregon and Washington. The Court upheld in part and reversed in part a lo (More) |
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Closing Guantanamo does not itself grant detainees greater due process rights
Elizabeth Samson [Visiting Fellow, Hudson Institute]: "On January 22, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay within a year and on December 15 he announced his plan to transfer Guantanamo detainees t (More) |
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Jacques Chirac's trial on corruption charges a first for modern French presidents
Gino Raymond [Professor of Modern French Studies, University of Bristol, UK]: "For most commentators in France, the decision by French state prosecutors that former president Jacques Chirac had no case to answer regarding his alleged financial i (More) |
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UN report finds Guinea military junta committed crimes against humanity
The Guinean military junta committed crimes against humanity during the September 28 incidents at Conakry , according to a report by a UN fact-finding mission leaked Monday. The commission concluded that military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara s (More) |
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Questionable Precedent: The First Ruling by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Adjovi of Arcadia University in Arusha, Tanzania, says that to gain and maintain credibility in the wake of its first judgment, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights should streamline its policy rationale an (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.
