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Former Australia chief justice denounces anti-terrorism laws
Former Australian High Court chief justice Sir Gerard Brennan Wednesday denounced anti-terrorism laws being used to detain an Indian doctor believed to be connected to last week's attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow. Dr. Mohammed (More) |
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Taylor war crimes trial delayed to give new defense team time to prepare
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] formally suspended the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; SCSL case materials] Monday, ordering the prosecution to resume its case o (More) |
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Palestinian rocket attacks, Israeli response violate laws of war: HRW
Palestinian rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli military reprisals "constitute serious violations of the laws of war" , according to a report released Sunday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The report found that Palestinian (More) |
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President Musharraf is no King James I
Ali Khan : "President Musharraf is no King James I and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is no Chief Justice Edward Coke, but since Pakistan has been part of the British Empire and the common law traditions continue to inform the Pakistani legal s (More) |
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Former Peru president held in Chile running for Japan parliament
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori [personal website; JURIST news archive] told the Associated Press Wednesday that he will run for office in Japan's House of Councillors under the People's New Party (PNP) banner despite being subj (More) |
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Council of Europe finds some members not complying with judicial decisions
The Council of Europe (COE) reported Wednesday that several member states frequently fail to comply with judicial decisions against public authorities handed down by their own domestic courts. A COE expert panel determined last week that general n (More) |
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Humanitarian abuses, conflict worsening in Central African Republic: AI
Amnesty International said Tuesday that humanitarian abuses have become commonplace in the Central African Republic (CAR) [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] as the armed conflict between the government and opposition forces escalates, "virtual (More) |
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UK AG calls for probe into military's Iraq interrogation techniques
Outgoing UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith said Tuesday that the UK should initiate an inquiry into how interrogation techniques outlawed by the Geneva Conventions and the European Convention on Human Rights were authorized and used by UK (More) |
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Canada limiting probe into Afghan detainee abuse allegations
The government of Canada , currently investigating whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody , will not make inquiries into allegations of torture or abuse after the detainees were transferred to Afghan officials , accor (More) |
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INDIA: The Indianization of Hollywood
Eric Linge, Pitt Law '09, files from Mumbai: If you've seen Mission Impossible 2 you remember Tom Cruise hanging from the cliff by one arm. Chances are you've never seen the Telugu-language version of the same film, where a fat (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.
