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UN rights panel urges end to Israel international law violations in Gaza offensive
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday denounced recent Israeli military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and voted to approve a resolution calling on Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from violence against civilians, saying the Is (More) |
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UN rights experts urge US to set Guantanamo closure date
Five special rapporteurs making up the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday called on the US to set a date for closing its detention facility at Guantanamo Bay . In a statemen (More) |
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No Redemption Now: Thoughts on the Death of Ken Lay
JURIST Contributing Editor Nancy Rapoport of the University of Houston Law Center says that the sudden death of Enron founder Kenneth Lay before he was even sentenced has a variety of legal implications, but its greatest consequence may be the loss o (More) |
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UN rights envoy says Israel Gaza offensive breaches 'fundamental norms'
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard [official website; Wikipedia profile] told an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday that Israel's military offensive in the Palestinian-popul (More) |
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Post-Hamdan: Congress in the spotlight
Ben Davis : "As the debate intensifies in an election year in Congress over what to do after the Supreme Court decision in the Hamdan case last week, I would ask two things: in drafting legislation listen to the uniformed military lawyers, and (More) |
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Europe rights court says eight years solitary for 'Carlos the Jackal' no violation
The appeals chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled [ECHR press release; ruling text] Tuesday that eight years solitary confinement in a French prison for the convicted assassin and terrorist known popularly as Carlos the (More) |
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Iraqi justice minister calls for international supervision of Mahmudiya case
Iraq's justice minister called Tuesday for international supervision of the US investigation of the rape and murder of one Iraqi civilian and the murder of three others in Mahmudiya in March. On Monday, US federal prosecutors charged former US A (More) |
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Israel cited for violating international law in Gaza actions
Israel was sharply criticized by Swiss diplomats Monday for allegedly violating international humanitarian law in its latest actions against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as tensions between Israel and Palestinian authorities continue to mount over (More) |
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First African human rights court judges sworn in
Eleven African jurists were sworn-in Monday as the first members of Africa's first continent-wide human rights court, the African Court on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) , sponsored by the African Union . The swearing-in took place at (More) |
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Supreme Court stays lower court order to remove San Diego memorial cross
The US Supreme Court on Monday stayed a lower court's order that a 29-foot cross honoring Korean War veterans be removed from city-owned property in San Diego. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy , who oversees appeals from the Ninth Circuit, granted w (More) |
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