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UN council criticizes Myanmar rights abuses
The UN Human Rights Council passed a motion Tuesday criticizing Myanmar for its recent crackdown on peaceful protests in the country. The motion came on the same day that Myanmar arrested at least eight truckloads of people in Rangooon during a mi (More) |
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US civilian defense contractors on trial for Abu Ghraib abuses
Two American military contractors go on trial Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the torture of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison . The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights brought a racketeering lawsuit [JURIST report; CC (More) |
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UN Myanmar envoy meets with Suu Kyi, military leader
UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari met with opposition leader and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi and with top Myanmar military leader Senior General Than Shwe during separate meetings Tuesday to discuss the rising political crisis in (More) |
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A Day at Chautauqua: Justice for a Better World
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the recent meeting at Chautauqua of nine of the twelve living international prosecutors, spanni (More) |
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Supreme Court opens fall term
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] begins its fall term Monday with oral arguments in cases concerning the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act and the state of Washington's primary election system. (More) |
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Suu Kyi temporarily released from house arrest to meet UN Myanmar envoy
Myanmar opposition leader and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi was briefly released from house arrest Sunday to met with visiting UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari, but Gambari was not allowed to meet with top junta leaders Senior Gene (More) |
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Mugabe blasts US human rights record
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe devoted much of his address to the 62nd UN General Assembly on Wednesday to attacking the human rights record of US President George W. Bush. Mugabe was responding to Bush's address , where Bush called Mugabe (More) |
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Bush urges UN members to respect human rights declaration
US President George W. Bush Tuesday addressed the UN General Assembly and called on fellow member states to abide by the dictates of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights by opposing dictatorships and aiding countries seeking to establis (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules treaty does not give individual prisoners cause of action
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that foreign prisoners do not have a cause of action under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations if police do not inform the inmate of their right under the treaty to call the inmate (More) |
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UN investigators in Darfur cite continuing human rights abuses
A group of experts presented an interim report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in Darfur Monday, citing continued human rights violations. The report noted that the government of Sudan demonstrated cooperation during t (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.
