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Gambia parliament bans female genital mutilation
Gambia's parliament approved a bill on Thursday banning female genital mutilation (FGM) and setting high penalties of imprisonment and fines for offenders. The passage of the law comes a month after Gambian President Yahya Jammeh condemned the prac (More) |
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UN rights expert warns states about unilateral sanctions against Sudan
A UN human rights expert on Monday urged states to reexamine their unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) imposed on Sudan, which impact innocents instead of political elites. Idriss Jazairy, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international san (More) |
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Does America Need A Children's Bill of Rights?
JURIST guest columnist Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law discusses the Children's Bill of Rights... Earlier this month, three House Democrats in the US Congress introduced a resolution calling for the establishment of a Childre (More) |
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African Union: War crimes committed by both sides in South Sudan conflict
The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) released its report on the South Sudan conflict Tuesday concluding that both sides committed war crimes. The commission found that the South Sudan government and rebels committed war c (More) |
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UN rights chief deploys mission to South Sudan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Monday that he has deployed a mission to South Sudan after reports surfaced of human rights abuses by both sides. The 10-member team began its work last week and "will examine violati (More) |
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ICC urges India to arrest Sudan president
The International Criminal Court is urging India to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visits the country this week. The office of Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that even though India is not an ICC signatory, the UN Security Counci (More) |
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South Africa to leave ICC: reports
A South African deputy minister said Sunday that the nation will leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) , opining that the court has "lost its direction." Following criticism for ignoring an ICC directive to arrest the president of Sudan, Obe (More) |
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UN Security Council extends mission in South Sudan
The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) by two months until December 15, 2015. The UN Security Council voted 13-0 to adopt resolution 2241 , with two of the fifteen countries a (More) |
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Rights group: EU too lenient on Hungary media abuses
The EU has not done enough to address media abuses in Hungary, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report Tuesday. The international free press advocacy group stated in its report "Balancing Act" that, despite the EU's efforts to (More) |
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Federal appeals court orders release of Sudan funds for USS Cole bombing victims
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered the release of Sudanese funds held by New York banks to satisfy a $315 million default judgment in the USS Cole case. The lower court found in 2012 that Sudan had provided "materi (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.
