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EU launches new fundamental rights agency
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) officially launched [press release; fact sheet and FAQs, PDFs] Thursday, taking over and expanding the responsibilities of the former European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) (More) |
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Canada Supreme Court rules same-sex couple benefit ban unconstitutional
A 2000 decision by the Canadian Parliament to deny retroactive survivor pension benefits to persons in same-sex relationships was unconstitutional discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Supreme Court of Canada held (More) |
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UN rights chief criticizes US ruling on MCA habeas-stripping provisions
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday criticized a US federal appeals court ruling [PDF text; JURIST report] supporting Congressional legislation denying "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their detentions i (More) |
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FBI investigating suspicious civil rights era deaths
The FBI has started investigating 10-12 civil rights era suspicious death cases , according to FBI Director Robert Mueller and US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Tuesday. Although officials declined to comment on which cases have been re-opened (More) |
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Two Approaches to Detention Policy
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz, Counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, says that recent court rulings in the US (Boumediene) and Canada (Charkaoui) on the interpretation of laws governing the (More) |
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Why Boumediene Was Wrongly Decided
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, president of the National Lawyers Guild, says that the recent ruling by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on habeas-stripping under the Military Commissions Act was erroneous a (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to limit NY ferry crash damages
A federal judge Monday refused to apply a 1851 maritime law that would have limited the possible damages for victims of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash to $14.4 million. The city of New York argued that the law, which was written to encourage (More) |
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Rethinking Rule of Law Efforts in Iraq
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern, Assistant Professor of Law at the US Military Academy, West Point, NY, discusses the evolution of rule of law challenges in Iraq post-2003 and proposes new criteria for achieving and assessing Iraq's status as (More) |
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UN rights expert compares Israeli occupation violations to apartheid
An independent report by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] to be presented to the 4th session of the UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news arch (More) |
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All sides violating human rights in Darfur conflict: Red Cross chief
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Jakob Kellenberger told reporters Friday that all sides of the conflict in the Sudan are violating international humanitarian law . The statement came after Kellenberger completed a 5-day 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.
