JURIST Guest Columnist Morris Davis of Howard University School of Law says the recent killing of Anwar al-Awlaqi highlights the fact that the CIA drone program violates the law of war because it is a civilian institution, lacking combatant immunity…
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The head of the European Commission (EC) Sunday announced plans to propose criminal sanctions for wrong-doers in the financial sector. In an interview-format article published over the weekend, EC President Jose Manuel Barroso stated that during the coming week he will propose to introduce into European law for the first time the recognition of individual [...]
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Saturday issued a decree banning discrimination on the basis of race, gender or religion. The SCAF article, Law Decree No. 125 / 2011, amended Criminal Law provisions first passed in 1937. The new article imposes heavy penalties , amounting to fines of up to EGP [...]
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Saturday that the court will launch investigations specifically aimed at three to six individuals for their alleged involvement in post-election violence following last November’s elections in the Ivory Coast . Ocampo arrived in the country on Saturday after receiving permission from both ICC judges and Justice Minister [...]
Members of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group defended the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a filing on Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California . In the filing, the three Republican members of the group, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) , responded to a motion [...]
A disabled Navy veteran filed a notice of appeal Thursday with the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for denying her partner a share of her disability benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . Carmen Cardona filed for veterans’ spousal benefits last year but was denied. The Department of Veterans Affairs reportedly told [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday rejected a request by Judicial Watch and the Media Research Center (MRC) for documents pertaining to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s involvement with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as solicitor general. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request [...]
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrived in the Ivory Coast Saturday to investigate allegations of war crimes committed during post-election violence following last November’s elections. Thousands were allegedly killed and hundreds detained and raped in the months-long struggle between ousted leader Laurent Gbagbo and rival President Alassane Ouattara after Gbagbo refused to give [...]
The Security Service of Ukraine on Thursday brought new corruption charges against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , just days after she was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of power and corruption. Prosecutors allege that Tymoshenko embezzled USD $400 million of debt from her company United Energy Systems of Ukraine [...]
The Taiwan High Court on Thursday sentenced former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to 18 years in prison after finding him guilty of financial fraud, overturning a lower court ruling. Members of Chen’s family, including his wife, were also found guilty on corruption charges and given prison sentences ranging from six months to 11 years. A [...]
