US Senate unanimously passes resolution formally recognizing Armenian Genocide
The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide carried out by Ottoman forces between 1915 and 1923. The Senate resolution follows the passing of an identical resolution in the US House of Representatives in October, which passed by a vote of 405-11. The resolution, “Expressing the sense of the [...]
US House votes to recognize Armenian genocide and to impose sanctions on Turkey
The US House of Representatives voted in favor of two measures on Tuesday that admonish Turkey for its recent military incursion into northern Syria: a resolution that recognizes the Ottoman Empire’s genocide of Armenians and a bill that authorizes various sanctions against Turkey. The resolution recognizes and condemns the killing of nearly 1.5 million Armenians [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane, Syracuse University College of Law, discusses the necessity of use of force in the Syrian conflict... The cornerstone to the UN paradigm is to settle disputes peacefully, using force only as a last resort....
Germany recognizes mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide
The German Parliament approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the mass killings of ethnic Armenians by Turks during the Ottoman Empire a century ago as genocide, prompting an angry backlash and the immediate recall of...
Azerbaijan announces ceasefire with Armenia over disputed land
Azerbaijan on Sunday announced a "unilateral ceasefire" to the fighting with Armenian forces over the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. The announcement comes a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate...
The German Parliament on Friday approved a resolution declaring the killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I a "genocide." The resolution's approval, which coincides with the centenary...
The European Parliament approved a resolution on Wednesday calling the massacre of Armenians during World War I a "genocide," while urging Armenia and Turkey to reconcile their diplomatic relations. The resolution comes days after Pope...
Greece parliament ratifies bill criminalizing Armenian genocide denial
The Parliament of Greece on Tuesday ratified a bill that criminalizes the denial of the Armenian genocide. The revised bill is titled "Fight Against Xenophobia," and it was adopted by a vote of 54-42, with 3 parliament...
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law makes the historical legal case for a change in US policy on Kurdistan ... Having existed through millennia of foreign dominance and occupation, hard by the Zargos mountains, Kurds...
The US Supreme Court opened its 2012 term on Monday with the release of an order list dealing with a number of petitions for certiorari and granting orders in some cases that they have not yet...
