According to a report in Wednesday's New York Times, military officials have said that at least 26 prisoner deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have been concluded to be or are suspected of being the result of acts of criminal...
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UN rights chief says nations aren't adequately protecting rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Monday that nations are falling short of their responsibilities to protect and promote human...
JURIST Guest Columnist Admiral John Hutson (Ret. USN), former Navy Judge Advocate General, President and Dean of Franklin Pierce Law Center, and now a party to the ACLU torture suit against Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, wonders what myriad reports of...
Indonesia, East Timor agree to investigation of human rights abuses
Indonesia and East Timor's presidents agreed Wednesday to establish a commission to investigate human rights abuses that led to the deaths of more than 1,000 East Timorese in 1999. The Truth and Friendship Commission will be...
Lawyers for former investment banker Frank Quattrone said Wednesday that Quattrone is appealing his permanent ban from the securities industry . Last November, the National Association of Securities Dealers permanently barred Quattrone from working in the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 2.The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first...
Iran claims international right to production of nuclear materials
An Iranian official has said that Iran's nuclear program does not violate international law and that Iran is merely exercising its internationally recognized right to produce nuclear material. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said that Iran was following all...
Report on discrimination against women in post-Saddam Iraq [AI]
Iraq: Decades of Suffering, Amnesty International, February 22, 2005 . Excerpt:Women and girls in Iraq live in fear of violence...
International brief ~ UN rights chief Arbour says ICC only credible venue for Sudan trials
In Thursday's international law brief, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented the findings of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Conflict in Darfur to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, stating...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, Feb. 16.The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET today, and it will consider S. 384, the Nazi War Crimes Working...