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Colombia prosecutor reports more than 20,000 forced civilian disappearances
Colombian prosecutor Luis Gonzalez said Monday that at least 27,384 civilians disappeared between 1988 and 2002, with nearly 75 percent of them allegedly kidnapped by illegal right-wing militias. The government's judicial Justice and Peace Offic (More) |
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PITTSBURGH: Sulmasy on National Security Courts
Joseph Schaeffer, Pitt Law '12, attended a talk on a proposed national security court system given by US Coast Guard Captain Glenn Sulmasy*, a law professor at the US Coast Guard Academy and a National Security and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard (More) |
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Israel urges international community to reject UN rights council Gaza resolution
The Israeli government on Friday rejected a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution [text, PDF; JURIST report] endorsing the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the resolution & (More) |
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OAS delegation arrives in Honduras to investigate human rights situation
A delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS) arrived in Honduras Sunday to investigate human rights violations that may have occurred since the ouster of Manuel Zelaya [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] as president. The investigativ (More) |
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UN SG Ban establishes committee to investigate alleged Guinea rights abuses
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon established an investigation committee on Friday to look into possible human rights abuses by Guinean soldiers on September 28. The Guinea junta on Saturday also appointed a mixture of doctors, lawyers, and judges (More) |
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UN rights council adopts Gaza conflict report
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution [press release; text, PDF] Friday endorsing the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict , which recommends that both Israel and Hamas should conduct credible investig (More) |
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Russia prosecutors charge WWII historian with violation of privacy laws
A Russian historian who was researching his country's treatment of German prisoners of war during World War II was charged on Thursday with violating privacy laws. Mikhail Suprun was in the process of conducting research on the hardships faced (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee al Mutairi's release a welcome blow to government detention power
Gabor Rona [International Legal Director, Human Rights First]: "On October 9, the Department of Justice announced the transfer of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Abdullah Mishal al Mutairi, to his home state, Kuwait. "On July 29, 2009, a federal (More) |
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UN rights chief endorses Gaza conflict report
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday reiterated her support for the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict [official website; JURIST news archive]. In a statement to the 12th Special Session o (More) |
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G-20 EXTRA ~ A Dialogue with Medvedev
Ingrid Burke, Pitt Law '11; and Rick Grubb, Pitt Law '10; attended a University of Pittsburgh speech by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speech during the G-20 summit...Russian President Dmitry Medvedev came to the University of Pittsburgh d (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.
