The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples spoke Tuesday on the plight of women and girls in oft-neglected indigenous peoples’ communities. In a dialogue with the leaders of several nations, James Anaya made several recommendations to increase awareness of the issue of treatment of women and girls that he highlighted in his [...]

Judge Raymond Lohier of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ordered a stay of a permanent injunction that blocked portions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) , allowing for their enforcement pending appeal. The order came after the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion for emergency stay [...]

The Truth for Reconciliation Commission of Thailand (TRCT) on Tuesday released a report detailing the unrest and deaths caused by the 2010 anti-government protests led by the “red shirt” movement. The protests were said to have killed 92 people and injured around 1,700. The report renounced the military tactics used to engage the protesters, but [...]

Lawyers for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday presented Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona with a joint filing suggesting wording for a court order permitting police to enforce the provision of the state’s immigration law requiring law enforcement officials to [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Mary Ziegler of the Saint Louis University School of Law says that the US Supreme Court’s decisions in reproductive rights cases may complicate efforts to bring constitutional challenges against California’s recent legislation banning the use of sexual orientation therapy on minors…

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Monday announced that it has implemented measures to monitor detention centers at federal and regional levels to ensure human rights protection according to the country’s constitution. The EHRC will dispatch investigators who have the responsibility to interview prison officials and detainees and then file a report based on [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that England and Wales’ indeterminate sentences for protection of the public (IPP) without the means for inmates to prove their rehabilitation are arbitrary and unlawful. The IPP requires an inmate to demonstrate to the Parole Board that he or she is no longer a threat to society [...]

Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf announced on Tuesday that he will allow Switzerland to reopen corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari . Appearing before the Supreme Court in connection with the ongoing standoff between Pakistan’s judiciary and executive officials regarding Zardari’s case, Ashraf agreed to draft a letter to Switzerland by September 25 [...]

Seven police officers in Bahrain have been charged with torturing and mistreating medical professionals who were detained during opposition protests held in March 2011, authorities said Monday. The police officers were trying to coerce the medical professionals into confessing that they committed misdemeanor assault and slander . The police officers’ trial is scheduled to start [...]

The US Department of Justice on Monday filed a motion for an emergency stay in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in an attempt to lift last week’s permanent injunction of portions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) . The DOJ argued that Judge Katherine Forrest’s ruling interpreted the Authorization for [...]