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Federal appeals court rejects right to experimental drugs for terminal patients
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that terminally ill patients do not have a constitutional right to use experimental drugs that have passed limited safety trials but have not been proven safe and effective (More) |
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Palestinian HIV doctor to file UN complaint over alleged Libya torture
A lawyer for the Palestinian doctor jailed and allegedly tortured with five Bulgarian nurses for allegedly purposely infecting children with HIV in Libya said Tuesday that he intends to file a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee against Li (More) |
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Iran rights lawyer seeks UN action in detention of Iranian-American scholar
Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi requested the assistance of the UN Human Rights Council to end Iran's "arbitrary detention" of Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari in a letter se (More) |
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Sri Lanka government rights abuses on the rise: HRW
The Sri Lankan government is responsible for a dramatic increase in unlawful killings, enforced disappearances and other serious human rights violations since the resumption of hostilities in 2006 with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) , (More) |
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UN rights panel urges Sudanese prosecution of war criminals
The UN Human Rights Committee Friday urged the Sudanese government to "take all appropriate measures" to guarantee that all state agents, including the military and armed militias, discontinue "widespread and systematic" violati (More) |
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ECHR rules Russia responsible for Chechen civilian deaths
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Russian authorities were responsible for the shooting death of 11 unarmed civilians in Chechnya and ordered Russia to pay damages and court expenses totaling 163,864 euro (approximately (More) |
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US senator urges suspension of UN rights council funding
US Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) Wednesday urged members of Congress to adopt legislation suspending the United States' annual $3 million contribution to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website; JURIST news archive]. Coleman said that (More) |
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Australia chief prosecutor reviewing case of terror suspect in UK car bomb attempt
Australian Director of Public Prosecutions Damian Bugg said Wednesday that he is reviewing "all the available material" concerning UK terror suspect Dr. Mohammad Haneef as developments in the case warrant such a review. The Australian go (More) |
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Gutting the Geneva Conventions in the 'War on Terror'
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the President's recent Executive Order interpreting Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions for US interrogations practice is an invalid and illegal act ... (More) |
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US intelligence chief defends CIA interrogation methods
US Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell insisted Sunday that the "United States does not engage in torture" [transcript; recorded video], but refused to elaborate on the specific methods used during enhanced interrogations of (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.
