The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday rejected an appeal by former Rwandan pastor Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi , upholding a decision to transfer his case to the Republic of Rwanda to be tried in the Rwandan national court system. The ICTR ordered the transfer in June under Rule 11 bis, which authorizes the transfer [...]

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler of Webster University and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says that there is significant evidence that the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol violates international law by failing to further the goals of the treaty under which it was implemented… The [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the prosecution’s request that it suspend its order to release accused Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana . Pre-Trial Chamber I on Friday declined to confirm charges , finding that there was insufficient evidence , and ordered Mbarushimana’s release. The prosecution immediately requested a stay of the release [...]

The US handed over the last detainee in Iraq, Ali Mussa Daqduq, to Iraqi authorities on Friday as part of the end of the Iraq War . Daqduq allegedly has links to Hezbollah and is accused of planning a raid in 2007 which resulted in the deaths of five US soldiers . US President Barack [...]

The Indonesian parliament approved a bill on Friday that gives the government eminent domain powers to seize land from individuals without their consent, as long as compensation is provided. Proponents of the bill argue that it will allow the government to increase infrastructure , leading to improvements in the economy. A day after the bill [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday affirmed an injunction against a Nebraska abortion law . The US District Court for the District of Nebraska issued a preliminary injunction in July 2010 against the law, known as the Women’s Health Protection Act, which requires physicians to evaluate patients to determine that [...]

Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission released a report Friday concluding that Sri Lanka’s military did not intentionally attack civilians following the country’s civil war. The LLRC was created by the Sri Lankan government in 2010 to investigate 2009 events in which civilians were killed. In compiling the report, the LLRC invited representatives of [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Friday that Callixte Mbarushimana should be released because there is not enough evidence to charge him. Mbarushimana was allegedly tied to the murder, rape and torture of Congolese villagers by Hutu militia in 2009. He was accused of being the Executive Secretary of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced the findings of its three-year civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The investigation concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that MCSO engages in a pattern or practice of violating the Constitution and laws of the US in three areas. First, the [...]

US President Barack Obama nominated three individuals to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) Thursday, which had been vacant since 2007. He named David Medine as his nominee for Chairman as well as Rachel Brand and Judge Patricia Wald as members of the board. The board serves to assist the president in ensuring [...]