US Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano on Friday criticized other nations for not advancing and embracing new technology, thus leaving themselves open to attacks from cyber-criminals. At an international security conference in...
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Migrant Workers' Rights in Lebanon: The Need for a New Mentality
Megan McKee, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, worked as a legal researcher for the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and is currently working in Lebanon. She writes about the need for greater rights for migrant...
Bahrain king promises independent investigation of protest crimes
Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa announced on Wednesday that an independent commission will investigate human rights violations related to the country's pro-democracy protests. During a televised speech , Khalifa indicated that he had ordered a...
The UN on Friday announced its approval of the arrest of a former top Guatemalan military figure accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. General Hector Mario Lopez Fuentes, former chief of staff of Guatemalan...
Croatia arrests 3 war crimes suspects from Serbo-Croatian War
Three former Croatian police officers were arrested Monday in connection to alleged war crimes committed against ethnic Serb civilians during the Serbo-Croatian War in 1991 and 1992. Most notable among the three is Djuro Brodarac, a former...
Full investigation needed into alleged Sri Lankan war crimes
Meenakshi Ganguly : "The video showing summary executions during the final days of Sri Lanka's war in May 2009 provides clear-cut evidence of war crimes. Beyond what is evident in the video, Human Rights...
UN denies reports it ordered close of Cambodia genocide investigation
The UN on Tuesday denied reports it instructed the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to close further investigations into war crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge regime. In a...
Connecticut Senate approves marijuana decriminalization bill
The Connecticut Senate on Saturday approved by a 19-18 vote SB 1014 which provides for the decriminalization of small amounts of marijuana. The vote was at 18-18 until Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman ...
Kenya appeals ICC decision on jurisdiction for post-election violence cases
Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako on Monday appealed the refusal by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to transfer two cases against high-ranking Kenyan officials for their alleged involvement in the violence after the 2007 Kenyan...
Federal judge permits suits against Chiquita over Colombia violence to continue
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Friday permitted lawsuits against Chiquita Brand International to move forward. Family members of several thousand victims of paramilitary violence...