A federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday partially granted President Donald Trump's motions to dismiss an emoluments challenge , allowing the remainder of the claims to proceed....
Search Results for: bahrain
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized a Bahrain court for sentencing human rights activist and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison...
UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince's visit
A coalition of human rights groups, including the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Human Rights for Yemen, sent a letter to Prime Minister...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The High Court of South Africa ruled Friday that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a State Prosecutor who would decide whether to reinstate corruption charges...
UN rights experts urge Bahrain to respect human rights of Shia cleric
A group of UN human rights experts called Thursday for the Bahraini government to respect and guarantee Shia leader and cleric, Isa Qassim, his human rights. In June 2016 Qassim was stripped of his Bahraini citizenship, putting him...
Bahrain issued a statement Saturday declaring that the country has a right to reclaim lands that the nation believes were wrongfully taken by Qatar. The lands in dispute were settled by a International Court of Justice decision ...
Humanity Lost the Legend: Cherif Bassiouni, The Godfather of International Criminal Law and Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist, Mohamed Arafa, of Alexandria University Faculty of Law discusses the accomplishments and contributions of the late Mohamoud Cherif Bassiouni and his deep impact on international criminal law and justice...Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, a distinguished well-known Egyptian-American jurist and...
JURIST Guest Columnist David M. Crane of the Syracuse University College of Law discusses the repercussions of certain UN member states' use of force on a fellow member state...Within the United Nations paradigm, state-parties settle their disputes peacefully and only...
Rights groups urge Trump administration to sanction foreign individuals
A coalition of rights groups, led by Human Rights First , called on the US Departments of State and Treasury Wednesday to use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction foreign citizens...