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Annan urges developing nations to fulfill rights obligations
While noting that "many of our nations are making progress on human rights," UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan [official profile; JURIST news archive] urged nations belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement [NAM backgrounder, DOC; Wikipedia back (More) |
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US judge dismisses Sudan genocide lawsuit against Canadian energy company
US District Judge Denise Cote of the Southern District of New York on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Canadian oil and gas producer Talisman Energy aided genocide in order to access oil in Sudan. The judge ruled that "the plaintiff (More) |
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9/11 writ large
Ali Khan : "Five years later, the 9/11 tragedy is writ large. Unnecessary deaths litter the day, every day. Gratuitous barbarism shocks the conscience. The rhetoric of destruction intensifies. Individuals and nations committed to violence threat (More) |
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UN humanitarian chief wants Uganda LRA rebels tried for crimes at ICC
UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland said on a visit to a refugee camp in northern Uganda Saturday that indicted leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] should be brought before the Internati (More) |
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Sudan judge frees detained American journalist after high-level meeting
A Sudanese judge released American journalist Paul Salopek from detention Saturday the day after a meeting between Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson . Late last month Salopek and two others were arrest (More) |
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International brief ~ HRW urges UN sanctions on Sudan officials over civilian attacks
Leading Thursday's international brief, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Sudanese government has entered a prolonged campaign of randomly bombing civilian locations in the Darfur region and asked the UN Security C (More) |
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International brief ~ ICC refuses immediate amnesty for LRA Uganda rebels
Leading Wednesday's international brief, a spokesperson for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Ugandan paper Daily Monitor that the ICC would make no move to cooperate with demands by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels w (More) |
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International brief ~ Rwanda parliament to vote on abolishing death penalty
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama has confirmed that the Rwandan Parliament would be presented a bill in December aimed at abolishing capital punishment in the African nation. The legislation, (More) |
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The Legal Legacy of 9/11: Reflections Five Years On
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and former Chief Justice of South Africa, says that although the threat of terrorism is real, five years after the September 11 attacks on (More) |
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Darfur peacekeeping resolution [UN Security Council]
Resolution 1706 (2006), expanding the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) to include its deployment to Darfur in order to support the early and effective implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement, UN Security Council, August (More) |
Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in
On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.
Learn more about the Watergate scandal.
