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Israel cuts ties with UN rights council over West Bank settlements investigation
Israel announced Monday that the country will sever ties to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after it commenced an international investigation into Israeli settlements in the West Bank. A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced (More) |
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Ignoring the Genocide Convention in the Ninth Circuit
JURIST Guest Columnist Stan Goldman of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, says federal law already authorizes states to criminally prosecute perpetrators of genocidal crimes, and that Turkish annoyance is not a legitimate basis to invalidate a civil rem (More) |
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Philippines court orders arrest of ex-president's husband
A Philippines court on Tuesday issued an arrest order for the husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], Jose Miguel Arroyo, on bribery charges. He was accused of accepting bribes to support the $329-mill (More) |
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Georgia House passes ban on late-term abortions
The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation banning late-term abortions . The bill, passed in a vote of 102-65, would prohibit most abortions performed beyond five months of pregnancy except in situations where continued (More) |
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Charles Taylor and the Delayed Special Court for Sierra Leone Judgment
JURIST Columnist Charles Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Special Court for Sierra Leone must set a date to release its ruling on the war crimes charges against former Liberian president Charles Taylor so that it can (More) |
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Philippines ex-president pleads not guilty to election fraud
Former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive] pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of electoral fraud. Arroyo is accused of rigging senate elections in favor of the candidates she supported in 200 (More) |
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Israel to release Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike
A Palestinian held without trial ended his 66-day hunger strike on Tuesday after Israeli authorities announced his release as part of a deal that avoids judicial review of the Israeli detention policy. The prisoner, Khader Adnan, is a 33-year-old me (More) |
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Israel Supreme Court to hear prisoner hunger strike case
The Israeli Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear the hunger strike case of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, despite a military judge rejecting his appeal in early February. Since his December arrest in the West Bank, Adnan has refused (More) |
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The Nightmare of Terror-Related Blacklisting
JURIST Guest Columnist Maureen Duffy of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law says that the use of "blacklists" as a tool for counter-terrorism efforts does not increase public safety, and instead may result in a form of legal punishment based on (More) |
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Colorado lawmakers consider civil union bill
The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Wednesday in consideration of a proposed bill that would grant same-sex couples the right to civil unions. Same-sex couples traveled to Denver to testify on behalf of the bill. The bill (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
