| Posts |
|
UN rights chief announces June resignation
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Friday that she will not seek a second term [press release; recorded video] when her commission ends on June 30. Arbour's decision not to seek a second term was made public earlier this (More) |
|
UN rights council condemns Israel attacks in Gaza Strip
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Thursday condemned Israel's most recent offensive in the Gaza Strip in a resolution passed by the seventh session of the HRC. The resolution, which was introduced by Pakistan and other Muslim countries, like (More) |
|
UN rights chief confirms plans to step down in June
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told members of her staff Wednesday that she will not seek a second term when her four-year commission ends on June 30, confirming a Monday report by the Washington Post. Arbour reportedly did n (More) |
|
Mexico justice reform should yield positive results
Juan Enrique Vargas [Executive Director, Justice Studies Center of the Americas (CEJA/JSCA)]: "Everything indicates that Mexico will soon implement a profound criminal justice reform that would share a great deal of the main characteristics of t (More) |
|
UN SG urges rights council to investigate all countries fairly
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday called on the 47 member states of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website; JURIST news archive] to "create an environment of trust" and "spur greater accountability for action (More) |
|
Clean Water Act does not preclude punitive damages under common law
Howard A. Learner [counsel for the Environmental Amici, Environmental Law & Policy Center]: "Sixteen environmental and Alaskan conservation organizations, represented by public interest attorneys from the Environmental Law & Policy Cente (More) |
|
Myanmar charges rights activists under security law
The military government of Myanmar on Friday brought charges against 20 pro-democracy dissidents under a new security law, charges which carry a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. The dissidents were charged under the so-called 5/96 law , which p (More) |
|
Canada MPs join Khadr lawyer in call for Guantanamo repatriation push
Three Canadian opposition MPs and a US military lawyer urged the Canadian government Monday to request the extradition and repatriation of Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], a Canadian citizen being detained at Guantanamo Bay . The thr (More) |
|
Afghan student sentenced to death for blasphemy had no lawyer during trial
The Afghan journalism student who was sentenced to death in January for distributing papers questioning gender roles under Islamic practice told the Independent on Sunday that he was not afforded a lawyer to represent him during his four-minute cl (More) |
|
Societe Generale: Keeping it French, in Spite of EU Law?
JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker of the American University of Paris says that EU law on the free movement of capital may significantly complicate the efforts of the French government to keep Societe Generale in French hands in the wake of the rece (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.
