UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday commended the Turkish government’s decision to delay government construction that was the source of widespread protests in the past month, urging authorities to work to defuse tensions . The future of Gezi Park , a rare green space in Istanbul, will be established by a [...]
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JURIST Guest Columnist Walter Olson of the Cato Institute weighs in on the Department of Justice’s recent embrace of the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act…
Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn on Tuesday signed the most restrictive fracking legislation in the country into law. The bill was a joint effort between government and industry specialists and is receiving high praise from the state’s environmental and manufacturing communities. It requires all drillers to acquire a permit from the legislature and provide frackwater samples [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing for Congolese war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda in order to give prosecutors more time to prepare their case. The hearing, which was scheduled to begin on September 26, will not start until February 10. At the hearing, the judge will decide whether [...]
The lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday accused Libyan officials of defying the International Criminal Court (ICC) by announcing that Saif al-Islam’s trial would begin in August. John Jones, Saif al-Islam’s lawyer, fears that his client will be given the death penalty in Libya, and [...]
Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man, with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust. Slovakian authorities began the investigation of Csatary in September after he was arrested on allegations of abusing and assisting in the deportation of thousands of Jews to concentration camps during the [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday conditionally granted the request of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto to be excused from parts of his upcoming trial. The Trial Chamber, however, will still require Ruto to be present for certain parts of his trial, such as for opening and closing statements and for presentations by victims. [...]
Senior Libyan Judge Mohammed Naguib was assassinated Sunday by an unidentified gunman outside of the courthouse in Derna. Chairman of the Court of Cassation in Green Mountain province Judge Abdel-Aziz Mustafa al-Trabelsi confirmed that his colleague was killed outright in the drive-by attack. This attack is the latest of an increasing number of threats and [...]
UN independent expert Chaloka Beyani commended the government of Georgia Monday for its ongoing commitment to improving the living conditions of internally displaced people (IDPs) but called for the country to develop an integrated approach to address all waves of IDPs. Specifically, Beyani encouraged the government to address equal land, housing and property rights for [...]
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Monday upheld the mandatory retirement provision for judicial officers. The complaint , originally filed by six Pennsylvania judges, alleged that the mandatory retirement provision in the Pennsylvania Constitution was in violation of the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The court, [...]
