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The Iraqi Constitution: What Would Approval Really Mean?
JURIST Guest Columnist Clark Lombardi of the University of Washington School of Law says that given the ambiguous and open-ended nature of the draft Iraqi constitution, its approval in the October 15 referendum would only mark the start of much more (More) |
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Egyptian human rights group denounces presidential elections
Egypt's government-financed National Council for Human Rights on Monday criticized the recent multi-candidate presidential elections for lacking real democratic competition. The government-financed council said the recently amended election la (More) |
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Katrina and Environmental Injustice
JURIST Guest Columnist Eileen Gauna of Southwestern University School of Law. now visiting at the University of New Mexico, says that the Hurricane Katrina disaster is a classic instance of environmental injustice, the longstanding pattern whereby pe (More) |
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Environmental brief ~ Hawaii DOT to pay $52M for water pollution
In Friday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency and Hawaii Department of Health have settled a case against the Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) for violations of the federal Clean Water Act at highways a (More) |
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ACLU sues for information about prisoner treatment during Katrina
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on Thursday seeking to gain access to the New Orleans city jail in response to allegations of mistreatment during Hurricane Katrina . The motion for a temporary restraining order to preserve evide (More) |
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Israeli high court bars military use of Palestinians as 'human shields'
The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Israeli defense forces' use Palestinian civilians as human shields during arrest raids violated international law. Human rights groups had petitioned to halt the practice after a temporary injun (More) |
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US military personnel detail Gitmo, Iraq detainee abuse in new book, meeting
Amid efforts to pass legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention and interrogation of terror suspects, more allegations have been made of detainee mistreatment at US facilities in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. Army Capt. James Yee , fo (More) |
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International brief ~ Security Council warns about cease-fire violations in Darfur
Leading Thursday's international brief, the current president of the UN Security Council , Philippine Ambassador Lauro Baja condemned the renewed violence in the Darfur region of Sudan , and warned that the Security Council was seriously conce (More) |
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Army officer investigated after reporting Iraq prisoner abuse
US Army Capt. Ian Fishback [NY Times report], who served as an anonymous source for a recent Human Rights Watch report on the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees, said Tuesday that Army investigators tried to track down young soldiers reporting miscond (More) |
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Military Justice at Abu Ghraib
JURIST Contributing Editor Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law, formerly a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, says that the convictions of nine US soldiers for Abu Ghraib abuses and the various o (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.
