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UN report: Israel bill legalizing West Bank outposts violates international law
A proposed Israeli law legalizing more than 100 outposts in the occupied West Bank would violate Israeli and international law, stated a UN Special Rapporteur on Monday. Michael Lynk , Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Pale (More) |
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Criminalizing Visual Poverty—the Effects of Making Homelessness a Crime
JURIST Guest Columnist Sara Rankin of Seattle University School of Law discusses the effects of criminalizing homelessness in the US...As a lawyer, I am particularly interested in how we take our impulses and fears and codify them into our laws and p (More) |
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Amnesty: Bahrain rights reforms remain inadequate
Two organizations Bahrain established in 2011 to protect human rights, the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior and the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), have not adequately protected its citizens from allegations of torture, Amnesty Internatio (More) |
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Rights groups urge exhumation of former Philippines leader from Heroes' Cemetery
Human Rights activists Saturnino Ocampo and Bonifacio Ilagan, among others, filed a petition in the Supreme Court of the Philippines Monday to exhume the body of Ferdinand Marcos from the Heroes' Cemetery, usually reserved for public servants and na (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Myanmar to address concerns in northern Rakhine state
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called upon the Myanmar government Friday to take immediate action in addressing human rights and humanitarian concerns in the northern part of the Rakhine state. UNHCR spokesperson Adrian (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses attempt to force vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday, effectively ending a long-shot attempt to force Congress to vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. The lawsuit was filed by (More) |
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Philippines president contemplating leaving ICC
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday that he would consider following Russia's example and leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The threatened withdrawal may be connected to the concern issued by the Hauge-based court abo (More) |
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Abolition or Reform of Electoral College Unlikely
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of Samford University's Cumberland School of Law discusses reform of the electoral college system...Hillary Rodham Clinton's victory over Donald J. Trump in the popular vote this presidential election has revive (More) |
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Rights group warns of impending genocide in Burundi
The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on Tuesday urged the UN and African Union to intervene and stop an impending genocide in Burundi. The plea for intervention is based on a report by the FIDH detailing the rise of violence in Bu (More) |
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Israel High Court rejects bid to extend dismantling of West Bank settlement
The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) ruled Monday that a controversial West Bank settlement must be dismantled by December 25. The settlement, Amona , had been the subject of negotiations between the state and various other legal and legislative (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
