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World Bank appoints former ICC prosecutor to investigate corruption in Bangladesh
The World Bank announced Friday that former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will audit an investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh (ACC) into whether there are corrupt officials in (More) |
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International Justice: Tutu's Push for Reform
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, says that Archbishop Desmond Tutu's statements regarding the prosecution of George W. Bush and Tony Blair serve as an ardent call for adva (More) |
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I'm a Convention, Hear Me Roar
JURIST Guest Columnist Eileen Ward, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the fifth article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. Ward offers insight about why the (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday told a special session of the Human Rights Council that 16 nations have failed to prevent members of their own governments from intimidating and attacking activists and protesters. Bas (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds life sentence of convicted al Qaeda terrorist
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday upheld the life sentence imposed on a former Osama bin Laden aide after he stabbed a prison guard in the eye in 2000. Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, 54, is a Sudanese-born Iraqi who at the time of th (More) |
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UNICEF concerned over recruitment of child soldiers in norther Mali
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that it has received "credible reports" of armed groups in Mali recruiting children for military purposes. UNICEF called on all parties to protect children from the reportedly escalating recr (More) |
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UN rights office urges Sudan to investigate violence against Darfur protesters
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday urged Sudan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to initiate an investigation into allegations of excessive force by government security forces against protesters in Darf (More) |
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Sudan court charges two men with terrorism
A Sudanese court on Wednesday charged two men with terrorism in connection with anti-government protests last month. The two men, including one US resident, were charged with forming a terrorist organization after police allegedly found materials c (More) |
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Rights groups sue over deaths from CIA drone strikes
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] Wednesday challenging the US government's targeted killing of three US citizens in drone strikes. Senior al Qae (More) |
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Bin Laden associate released from Guantanamo prison
A confirmed al Qaeda member and Osama bin Laden associate was released from Guantanamo Bay and returned to his native Sudan on Wednesday after more than a decade of detention. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], 50 (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
