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Turkish property rights still fail to meet EU standards: report
The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (Tesev) issued a report Saturday saying that despite recent attempts by the country to broaden property rights for religious minorities, it still falls short of requirements to join the European U (More) |
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America and the Rule of Law in Pakistan
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Saeed Malik, a US citizen who is the younger brother of former Pakistan Supreme Bar Association president and lawyers' movement leader Muneer Malik, says that the Obama Administration should support Pakistan's l (More) |
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SINGAPORE: Solving Instability with One-Party Democracy
JURIST Staffer Eric Linge, Pitt Law '10, studied for a year in Singapore...In the Western media, the tiny island nation of Singapore is typecast as conservative. In January, a man and woman attracted the attention of the international news media (More) |
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UN rapporteur warns rights council on US 'war on terror' policies
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday cited the case of Canadian citizen and former US detainee Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] in presenting (More) |
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Rights group says China not accounting for detained Tibetan protestors
The Chinese government has not accounted for hundreds of Tibetan protesters arrested in connection with the March 2008 demonstrations in Tibet , according to a Monday statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) , which revealed a thorough review regard (More) |
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ICC arrest warrant for Sudan's Al Bashir has both humanitarian and strategic consequences
J. Peter Pham [Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University]: "The decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week to issue a warrant of arrest for Sudan's P (More) |
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The Supreme Court and Al-Marri: No Virtue Now in Judicial Passivity
JURIST Guest Columnist Bruce Miller of Western New England College School of Law says that despite the Obama administration's intent to criminally charge Ali Al-Marri in a US court, his challenge to his detention as an "enemy combatant" (More) |
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US resumes observer participation in UN rights council
The US is resuming active participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website, JURIST news archive], according to interim Charge d'Affaires to the US Mission in Geneva Mark Sorella in his address to the counci (More) |
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UN rights rapporteur calls for greater safeguards on intelligence collection
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website; JURIST news archive] has called for greater protection of individual rights and increased oversight of intelligence agencies in a report to be presented t (More) |
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UK Parliament should clarify law on traveling abroad for assisted suicide of family member
Jo Cartwright [Campaigns and Press Officer, Dignity in Dying]: "We are pleased that Debbie Purdy's appeal has gone some way to clarify the law for her. The Appeals Court was able to go further than the High Court did in stating that the pri (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.
