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Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability Under International Law
JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the closest precedent to the Israeli position on the Gaza war is justification, an international law doctrine that has been a dead letter since the end of W (More) |
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Europe court finds Turkish government responsible for domestic violence killing
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled [judgment text; press release] Wednesday that the Turkish government is responsible for the death of a woman at the hands of her ex-husband. The court found that in failing to prevent the woman's (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to review Pentagon 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Policy
The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in Pietrangelo v. Gates, in which the Court was asked to review the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy [10 USC § 654 text; HRC backgrounder], under which openly gay (More) |
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UN SG Ban urges probe of alleged violations of humanitarian law in Sri Lanka conflict
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the government of Sri Lanka to conduct a "proper investigation" of any "credible allegations of violations of humanitarian law" arising from the recent conflict between the (More) |
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Somalia at the Crossroads: Options for the World Community
JURIST Guest Columnist Zeray Yihdego of Oxford Brookes University School of Social Sciences and Law says that the UN and the world's powers must act to help stabilize Somalia, too long plagued by clan infighting, lawlessness, regional conflict in (More) |
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Rights group urges UN Sri Lanka war crimes probe
Amnesty International (AI) urged the UN Security Council to establish an international body to conduct an inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka , and to press the Sri Lankan government to allow full access to aid groups, in an o (More) |
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Rwanda prosecutor criticizes ICTR refusal to transfer jurisdiction
Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga told the UN Security Council Thursday that the decisions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] not to transfer pending cases to Rwandan jurisdictio (More) |
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EU council agrees on policies for accepting Guantanamo detainees
The Council of the European Union agreed Thursday on parameters for the acceptance of released Guantanamo Bay detainees by European Union (EU) member states. The council concluded that those member states that are willing to receive released det (More) |
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UN rights official urges DR Congo to prosecute persons harming aid workers
A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called on the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to do more to protect human rights workers in the country, and to prosecute those who harm them. The Special Rapporteur on the situation o (More) |
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Yemeni Guantanamo detainee dies in apparent suicide
A Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee has been pronounced dead by military officials who believe that he committed suicide, according to Wednesday reports. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, also known as al Hanashi, was accused of fighting with the Taliba (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.
