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UN rights investigators call for immediate protection of Darfur victims
A UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigative team released a report Monday saying the citizens of Darfur need immediate protection against war crimes, blaming the government of Sudan for many of the atrocities taking place there. Nobel peace p (More) |
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Federal appeals court strikes down DC handgun ban
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Friday invoked the Second Amendment to reverse a lower court ruling and strike down a three-decades old ban on individuals in the District of Columbia having handguns in their homes. The 2-1 ruling is likely to b (More) |
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UN rights chief assails impunity for worldwide violence against women
UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour marked International Women's Day Thursday with a stark message on violence against women [factsheet 1, 2, DOC], urging an end to impunity for what was paradoxically the "most common but least punished cr (More) |
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Europe rights court considers claim by Norwegian children of Nazi soldiers
The European Court of Human Rights held a hearing Thursday to determine the admissibility and merits of a case filed in 2003 by 159 children of Norwegian mothers and German fathers born during World War II. Many of these "war children" o (More) |
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US again refuses to run for UN rights council seat
The US State Department announced Tuesday that once again the United States will not run [press briefing transcript; video] for a seat on the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news archive]. The US said last year that i (More) |
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Italy physician cleared in right-to-die case
Italian patient's rights group Associazione Lucacoscioni said Tuesday that prosecutors have cleared anesthesiologist Dr. Mario Riccio, the physician being investigated for assisting in the December death of paralyzed right-to-die advocate Pi (More) |
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JURIST celebrating 10th anniversary with March 29 conference in Pittsburgh
In celebration of JURIST's 10th anniversary, JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are hosting a one-day conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 29. Law as a Seamless Web|site will feature four panels and 14 distinguished s (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects expedited review of Military Commissions Act challenge
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday refused to expedite its consideration of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking review of the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA) [PDF text; J (More) |
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The Un-American Way: The Kafkaesque Case of Khalid El-Masri
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law says that the dismissal of Khalid el-Masri's rendition appeal on state secrets grounds leaves him without right or remedy, just like the iconic Joseph K. in Franz Ka (More) |
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Swiss pathologists say suicide likely cause of death in Guantanamo case
A team of Swiss forensic pathologists from Institute of Legal Medicine at Lausanne University Friday announced the results of an autopsy on deceased Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ali Abdullah , concluding that while available evidence supported th (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.
