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Iraq interior ministry officials arrested for suspected Baath party ties
At least 23 employees of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior have been arrested this week for alleged attempts to rebuild Saddam Hussein's Baath party [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], a ministry spokesman confirmed Thursday. Speaking at (More) |
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Indonesia province postpones decision to implant HIV/AIDS patients with microchips
The legislature in the Papua province of Indonesia announced Tuesday that it will postpone a decision on whether to implant certain individuals infected with HIV/AIDS with microchips to monitor their movements. A vote scheduled for next week will (More) |
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Justice for Rwanda: ICTR Achievements and Challenges
On the eve of a long-anticipated ruling in the Bagosora "Military I" genocide trial, JURIST Special Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), reviews t (More) |
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Supreme Court remands torture lawsuit by ex-Guantanamo detainees
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari, vacated, and remanded the case of Rasul v. Myers [docket; cert. petition, PDF] for further consideration in light of the Court's June decision in Boumedi (More) |
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Israel denies entry to UN Palestinian rights envoy
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday denied entry to and deported the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk . Falk was attempting to enter Israel in his offici (More) |
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Contesting Impunity: Damages Against Senior Officials in National Security Cases
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law says that the cases of Arar v. Ashcroft, heard en banc by the Second Circuit last Tuesday, and Iqbal v. Ashcroft, argued before the US Supreme Court last Wednesday, rev (More) |
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Rights group claims Congo military and rebel groups engaging in sexual warfare
Rape and sexual warfare have been employed by the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as by rebel groups, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Friday. The report, based on an AI research mission t (More) |
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Human rights conditions worsening in Arab region: report
Human rights conditions are worsening in 12 Arab nations, according to a report [text, PDF, in Arabic; synopsis, PDF] published Friday by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) . The publication, which is the group's first annual r (More) |
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Montana court rules assisted suicide legal
The Montana First Judicial District ruled Friday that terminally ill patients in the state have the right to commit physician-assisted suicide. The case, Baxter v. Montana was brought by a number of terminally-ill Montanans, their doctors, and Com (More) |
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Former world leaders urge UN SG to press for prisoners' release on Myanmar visit
A group of 112 former presidents and prime ministers signed a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urging him to pay a visit to Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] before year's end to press for the release (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
