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Closing the Loophole: Private Military Contractors and Rights Violations
JURIST Guest Columnist Margaret Maffai of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies says that to prevent governments from hiring private military contractors to dodge their international human rights obligations, lawmakers in countries such as the (More) |
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Palestinian Authority president reverses position on UN rights council Gaza delay
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas proposed Monday that the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reconvene to vote to endorse the findings of a report [text, PDF; JURIST report] by the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict , whic (More) |
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Obama administration should endorse Goldstone report at UN Security Council
Joe Stork [Deputy Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Human Rights Watch]: "President Obama and his team have another opportunity to do the right thing regarding the report of the UN Fact-Finding Commission on the Gaza Conflict whe (More) |
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Gay rights activists march in DC after Obama pledges support
Tens of thousands of gay rights activists participated in the National Equality March in Washington, DC on Sunday to demand equal rights, one day after US President Barack Obama pledged his support [transcript, video] to the gay and lesbian communit (More) |
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Israel should use delay in UN vote on Goldstone report to investigate own conduct
Jessica Montell [Executive Director, B'Tselem]: "In the recent session of the UN Human Rights Council, the US and Israel - each for their own, somewhat disingenuous reasons - argued that a peace process is incompatible with international scr (More) |
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UN Security Council to discuss Gaza conflict report in rescheduled meeting
The UN Security Council agreed Wednesday to reschedule October's meeting on the Middle East in order to discuss the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . The meeting was pushed forward at the request of Libyan dip (More) |
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LIBERIA: Destruction of Documents Undermines Common Law System
Adrienne Lester, Pitt Law '11, interned at the Honorable House of Representatives for the Republic of Liberia this summer...West Africa evokes images of Juju child soldiers, dismembered limbs, and volatile men in short-sleeved safari suits with a (More) |
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Palestinian Authority criticized for supporting UN rights council delay on Gaza resolution
Hamas leaders on Monday condemned the Palestinian Authority (PA) for supporting Friday's decision by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to delay a vote on resolution adopting the recommendations of the UN Fact Finding Commission on the Gaza (More) |
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UK Director of Public Prosecutions' assisted dying guidelines improves patient choice
Jo Cartwright [Campaigns and Press Officer, Dignity in Dying]: "The Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) interim guidelines on assisted dying following Debbie Purdy's legal victory represent a small but significant breakthrough for gre (More) |
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Prosecutor to drop charges against 4 students arrested during G-20 protests
Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. said Tuesday that charges would be dropped against four University of Pittsburgh students arrested during protests of last week's Pittsburgh Group of 20 (G-20) Summit [official websites; (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.
