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Papal Election Procedure: Incarnate History and Faith in a Higher Good
JURIST Guest Columnist Paul Goda S.J. of Santa Clara University School of Law says that the procedures adopted for the election of a pope are founded on the conviction that there is a higher good to be served beyond the simple transmission of institu (More) |
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UN rights commission calls for action against religious defamation
The UN Commission on Human Rights has called on the international community to take action against the defamation of religions, especially the ethnic and religious profiling of Muslim minorities after the September 11th attacks. In a resolution (More) |
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US submits resolution condemning Cuba rights record
The United States submitted a draft resolution to the UN Commission on Human Rights Tuesday criticizing the human rights record of Cuba . The US annually submits a similar resolution as part of its efforts to keep up international pressure on the (More) |
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Women's rights leader Andrea Dworkin dies at 58
Andrea Dworkin [memorial website; Wikipedia profile], a feminist who campaigned against pornography as a violation of women's civil rights, has died at the age of 58, her family said on Monday. Dworkin published numerous books during her life, i (More) |
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Who Will Take the Lead in Exiting Iraq: Congress or the President?
JURIST Guest Columnist Jide Nzelibe of Northwestern University School of Law says that if the new Iraqi government can stabilize the country's internal security situation, the time may be coming for President Bush to declare victory and order a U (More) |
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Former general says Abu Ghraib abuse approved by top officials
In an address to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club public affairs forum Friday, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski said that ample evidence exists to prove the use of torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib prison was authorized by the highest levels of (More) |
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Reforming UN Human Rights Machinery [UN SG Kofi Annan]
Reforming UN Human Rights Machinery, address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the UN Commission on Human Rights, April 7, 2005 . Excerpt:As you know, I have recommended that Member States replace the Commission on Human Rights with a smaller Hum (More) |
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International brief ~ Kyrgyz elections postponed as parliament mulls Akayev trial
Leading Thursday's international legal news, the continuing dispute over how to remove former Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev has resulted in the postponement of the national elections originally scheduled for June. Akayev signed legal resig (More) |
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Pope's will leaves no property but reveals resignation reflections
The Vatican Thursday released the will and spiritual testament of Pope John Paul II [official website; BBC profile]. In the 15 page document [full text in Italian translation from Rome's Corriere della Sera newspaper] the Pope left no material p (More) |
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Annan tells controversial UN rights commission its days are numbered
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the much-criticized UN Commission on Human Rights Thursday that its declining credibility had "cast a shadow" over the whole United Nations and that the institution needed to frame a new permanent huma (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
