UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman and a group of independent human rights experts on Thursday announced their support for an international inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to bring awareness to the country’s system of political prison camps. Emphasizing that the allegations of [...]

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Thursday sentenced to death Jamaat-e-Islami party (JI) leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedee . Following the death sentence, violence between police and activists from Sayeedee’s party ensued throughout the country resulting in at least 30 deaths while more than 300 were wounded. Sayeedee was found guilty by the court for [...]

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected a patent infringement claim brought by Samsung against Apple . Samsung accused Apple of stealing its data transmission technology used in Apple’s iPhone smartphones, but the court dismissed the challenge. The alleged patent infringement involved technologies for optimizing transmission and reducing power usage during data transmission, reducing data [...]

The National Congress of Argentina on Thursday approved an agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Argentinian courts have long accused Iran of sponsoring the attack , which killed 85 people, and in 2007 Argentinian authorities secured Interpol arrest warrants for five Iranians, including current Iranian [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Wednesday that limitations on free speech with regards to hate speech are constitutionally valid. Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , every Canadian is entitled to “freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.” This provision is limited [...]

Three UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the government of Zimbabwe to respect international human rights including privacy and freedom of association, in light of growing hostility toward civil society organizations. In the weeks leading up to the country’s March 16 constitutional referendum , with a subsequent election to take place in July, [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission that the statute of limitations under 28 USC § 2462 begins tolling when the fraud occurs, not when it is discovered. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court. The federal government and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) argued that [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Don Kates of The Independent Institute says that empirical evidence has shown that gun bans are not only ineffective at reducing violent crime, but may even be counterproductive…

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Shelby County v Holder to determine whether Congress exceeded its authority when it renewed Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . Section 5 requires jurisdictions with a history of preventing minority groups from voting to receive preclearance from the US Department of Justice [...]

JURIST Guest Columnists Eric Delio and George Thompson, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, analyze Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and its potential impact… The recent US Supreme Court case, Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. , presented an [...]