Former world leaders urge UN SG to press for prisoners' release on Myanmar visit
A group of 112 former presidents and prime ministers signed a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urging him to pay a visit to Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...
UK House of Lords drops 42-day detention period from anti-terror bill
The UK House of Lords on Monday rejected a proposal supported by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to increase the amount of time authorities may detain terrorism suspects without charge. The upper house of Parliament voted 309-118 to...
Officials from the UK Government Equalities Office (GEO) introduced a new equality bill Thursday designed to combat discrimination based on age or gender. Equalities Minister Harriet Harman told the House...
A UK High Court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to force the government to put the ratification of the new EU reform treaty , known as the Treaty of Lisbon ,...
Australia group seeks ICC war crimes charges against ex-PM for Iraq deployment
Australian advocacy group International Criminal Court Action (ICCACTION) sent a brief to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday requesting charges be laid against former Australian Prime Minister John Howard for war crimes in connection...
The UK High Court has agreed to consider whether the UK government must put the ratification of the new EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon , to a public...
UK Home Office minister Tony McNulty told members of Parliament in a written statement to the House of Commons Thursday that control orders limiting movement and restricting the rights of uncharged individuals are...
The UK House of Commons Wednesday voted 311-248 against putting ratification of the new EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon , to a public vote, thereby rejecting proposals for...
The British House of Commons approved an order Thursday extending until March 2009 provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 regarding control orders, which impose restrictions on uncharged terror suspects. The measure was approved by...
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, lead defense counsel for former Major Aloys Ntabakuze in the Military 1 Trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and president of the UN-ICTR Defense Lawyers Association,...
