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Judicial Review and the Executive: Lessons from Israel
JURIST Guest Columnist Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that if the US had followed Israel's lead in taking an aggressive approach to judicial review of executive action, such controversial Bush Administration policies as (More) |
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Somalia violence may constitute war crimes: UN rights commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday that human rights violations committed during recent Somalian conflicts may amount to war crimes . Pillay said that ongoing violence between Islamist rebels and the newly-formed govern (More) |
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Sweden will be first EU nation to extradite Rwandan facing genocide charges
Sweden will become the first European Union (EU) nation to extradite a Rwandan to his native country so that he can stand trial for his alleged role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide , Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask announced Thursday. The annou (More) |
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UN rights investigators conclude Gaza hearings
Investigators from the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday concluded public hearings into alleged violations of international human rights law during December and January's fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza strip. The head of the fo (More) |
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India high court rejects bid to replace hanging with lethal injection
The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a bid to replace executions by hanging with lethal injections. The suit was brought by rights advocate Ashok Kumar Walia who maintained that hanging executions were cruel and painful [Times of India rep (More) |
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UK military announces independent inquiry into Iraqi deaths
UK Secretary of State for Defence Bob Ainsworth announced Monday that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was prepared to establish an independent inquiry into the deaths of 20 Iraqis at a British base outside of Basra in 2004. In a letter read to the (More) |
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Israel, Hamas committed Gaza war crimes: Amnesty International report
Both Hamas and Israeli forces committed war crimes during fighting in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009, according to Amnesty International (AI). A report issued by Amnesty Thursday alleges that Israeli attacks killed 1,400 Palestinians, incl (More) |
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Israel high court orders stronger penalty in prisoner abuse case
The Israeli Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to refile indictments on more serious charges against a soldier and an officer accused of shooting a blindfolded prisoner with a rubber bullet. Human rights groups B' (More) |
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Spain court suspends investigation into 2002 Israel bombing of Gaza Strip
A panel for Spain's National Court on Tuesday ordered an end to the investigation of alleged crimes against humanity committed by Israel in a 2002 attack on the Gaza Strip . The court reversed a May order [order, PDF, in Spanish; JURIST report (More) |
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Attorney General's remarks show its time to end disparity in crack vs. powder cocaine sentencing
Bill Piper and Ethan Nadelmann [Director of National Affairs and Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance]: "US Attorney General Eric Holder's recent call for eliminating the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity and reforming mandatory (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
