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Lèse-majesté in Thailand: The Rule of Law Crisis
JURIST Guest Columnist Jean-Marie Kamatali, of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, discusses the use and misuse of lèse-majesté...Despite increasing domestic and international pressure on Thailand to repeal or revise the pro (More) |
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UN court for Rwanda upholds sentences of ex-political leaders
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday affirmed [judgment, PDF; press release] the convictions of ex-interior minister Edouard Karemera and ex-National Party chairman Matthieu Ngirumpatse for their ro (More) |
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Extending the Reach of Justice
JURIST guest columnist Leslie Haskell, of Human Rights Watch, discusses how some European countries have taken affirmative steps to prosecute those within their borders—as well as those who may eventually come within them—for major intern (More) |
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UN court for Rwanda upholds sentence of ex-military chief
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday unanimously affirmed a 30-year jail sentence [judgment summary, PDF; press release] for former army chief Augustin Bizimungu for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [UNCHR backgroun (More) |
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UN criminal tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia praised at Security Council meeting
Officials from the UN Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia addressed [press release; video] the UN Security Council Thursday to discuss the work that has been achieved as the tribunals mark 20 years of existence in 2014 and begin (More) |
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Quebec appeals court upholds conviction of Rwandan war criminal
The Court of Appeal of Quebec on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Rwandan Hutu Desire Munyaneza for war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Munyaneza was convicted in May 2009 and sentenced the following October for seven counts (More) |
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Rwanda Marks the 1994 Genocide: Is Never Again Possible?
JURIST Guest Columnist Fred K. Nkusi of the Independent Institute of Lay Adventists of Kigali and Mount Kenya University in Rwanda argues that the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide is a period of mourning for those lost as well as remembr (More) |
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UN SG expresses regret for inaction during Rwanda genocide
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday made a statement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, expressing regret for the UN's silence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide that resulted in the deaths of 800,000 people. Ban urged the international commun (More) |
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UN SG urges international community to protect human rights
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged global leaders Tuesday to commit to ensuring the protection of human rights and an end to mass atrocities. The Secretary-General spoke positively of progress that has been made in holding perpetrators of geno (More) |
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HRW: progress has been made towards justice in Rwanda
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday that significant progress as been made in national and international courts to bring to justice those responsible for the 1994 Rwandan genocide . The announcement was made in a briefing paper published to (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
