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Westboro Baptist Church military funeral protests ruling reinforces rule of law
Howard M. Friedman : "In a world full of bad news, we can sometimes find optimism in strange places. Maryland federal district Judge John Bennett's careful ruling in a lawsuit against the unsavory members of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Chu (More) |
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Second suspected Congo war criminal turned over to ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST news archive] said Thursday that former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warlord Germain Katanga [Trial Watch profile; ICC materials] has been transferred to the court's det (More) |
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Federal judge approves limited lawsuit against military funeral protesters
The US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Tuesday that three of the five counts of a suit filed by the father of a fallen Marine against the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church website (More) |
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UN must better address rights situation in Palestinian territories: UN envoy
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard told the BBC Monday that he will recommend that the UN withdraw as a mediator in the Middle East unless action is taken on human rights violations in the Palestinian t (More) |
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Pakistan's Constitutional Mess
JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that despite recent remarkable rulings the Supreme Court of Pakistan should avoid venturing further into the treacherous waters of judicial activism and should not disturb (More) |
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Chile high court investigating judge who indicted Pinochet
The Supreme Court of Chile began an investigation Friday into whether Carlos Cerda, the judge who last week indicted the relatives of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet [JURIST news archive; BBC profile], violated a judiciary rule that " (More) |
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Supreme Court el-Masri rejection undermines accountability for renditions
Aziz Huq [Director, Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law]: "This Monday, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari review filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in the c (More) |
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Extrajudicial killings on the rise in Colombia: report
The number of extrajudicial killings in Colombia at the hands of the Colombian military has almost doubled since 1997, according to a new report by a international conglomerate of human rights workers. The International Observation Mission on Extr (More) |
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Turkish president blasts US for Armenian genocide resolution
President Abdullah Gul of Turkey blasted the US House Foreign Relations Committee Thursday for approving a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers [ANI backgrounder; Turkish DC Embassy ba (More) |
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'Had I Only Known...': Introducing Impunity Watch
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, announces the launch of Impunity Watch, a new online monitor of human rights abuses worldwide ....This op (More) |
RFK assassin sentenced to death
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was denied parole for the 12th time in March 2003.
