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Turkey's headscarf ban prevents advance of Islamist agenda to undermine pluralism
Farzana Hassan [President, Muslim Canadian Congress]: "The Muslim Canadian Congress, in welcoming the decision of the Constitutional Court of Turkey to disallow the lifting of the ban on hijabs, viewed it as a significant triumph of secularism o (More) |
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Torture still widespread despite international conventions: UN expert
UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Manfred Nowak [official website; JURIST news archive] said Friday that despite numerous international conventions banning torture and other abusive treat (More) |
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Burundi colonel sentenced to death for 2006 killings
A Burundi military court Thursday sentenced Colonel Vital Bangirinama to death for his role in the 2006 killings of 31 civilians in Muyinga province. Human rights groups, which had previously criticized the Burundi government for not actively pros (More) |
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UK Law Lords rule against Chagos islanders return
A judicial panel of the UK House of Lords Wednesday ruled that the British government acted within its power in denying a group of Indian Ocean islanders known as Chagossians the right to return to an archipelago under British control. The group (More) |
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Gates confirms no US closure of Guantanamo under Bush
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed Tuesday that the military prison at Guantanamo Bay would remain open for the duration of President George W. Bush's administration. The New York Times reported earlier in the day quoted unnamed seni (More) |
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ICC keeps Congo ex-militia leader Lubanga, but declines to lift stay on trial
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Tuesday ruled on two separate appeals filed by the Office of the Chief Prosecutor , reversing for now the Trial Chamber's decision to release former Congolese militia leader Thomas (More) |
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Spain judge starts probe of Franco-era disappearances with exhumation order
Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Thursday ordered the exhumation of 19 mass graves in Spain, launching an investigation into the disappearances of tens of thousands of people beginning in the Spanish Civil War , (More) |
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Pakistan cabinet approves changes to lawyers act, establishes rights commission
The Pakistani cabinet led by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday approved changes to a statute governing the country's lawyers and endorsed a draft bill that would establish a new National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR). The cha (More) |
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Why the Supreme Court Matters in the Presidential Election
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, says that when they go to the polls in November, American voters should carefully consider the candidates' positions and likely impact on the federal courts a (More) |
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Turkish justice minister apologizes for detention death, suspends 19 prison officials
Turkish Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin apologized Tuesday on behalf of the Turkish government for the death of Engin Ceber, an anti-government protester who died after alleged torture while in police custody on Saturday. Sahin also announced tha (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.
