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New Orleans judge will start releasing prisoners if trials put off much longer
A frustrated New Orleans Parish criminal court judge said Friday in an emergency order that he will start releasing prisoners on August 29 if their cases do not go to trial by then. Judge Arthur Hunter asked, "If we are still part of the Unite (More) |
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Israel v. Hezbollah: Article 51, Self-Defense and Pre-emptive Strikes
JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that Article 51 of the UN Charter is probably broad enough to cover Israel's actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon following the kidnappings of its soldiers but would (More) |
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UN report on US human rights practices [UN HRC]
Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 40 of the Covenant, UN Human Rights Committee, July 28, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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UN panel slams US rights practices in wide-ranging report
The UN Human Rights Committee slammed current US rights practices in a report released Friday, saying among other things that the US needs to close all alleged secret detention facilities and allow the International Committee of the Red Cross acc (More) |
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The Hezbollah-Israel War: Narratives and 'Legal Truth'
JURIST Guest Columnist and Lebanese presidential candidate Chibli Mallat, professor of law and holder of the EU Jean Monnet Chair at St. Joseph's University in Beirut, says that the historical narratives of the sides in the long-running Arab-Isra (More) |
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Europe rights court holds Russia liable for death of Chechen
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled in favor of the mother of a Chechen man who claimed that Russia failed to investigate the death of her son as required by Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights . Fatima Baz (More) |
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Philippines warned to report rights abuses to UN or face sanctions
The United Nations may sanction the Philippines if its government continues to refuse to submit reports on human rights abuses in the country, the chairwoman of the Commission on Human Rights Philippines (CHRP) said Thursday. Purificacion Valera (More) |
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UK appeals court allows bid for inquiry into Iraq war to proceed
The UK Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that Military Families Against the War (MFAW) , a group of families with members who have died in Iraq, is entitled to apply for judicial review of the government's decision not to hold an independent inqui (More) |
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The Targeting Framework of the Law of Armed Conflict
JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.) and former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters, now a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that use of force in Lebanon and other conflic (More) |
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Nepal parliament directs government to ratify International Criminal Court statute
Nepal’s reinstated parliament on Tuesday directed the government to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the new international tribunal established to try crimes against humanity. “Nepali people want an end to i (More) |
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