Federal judge grants ACLUF access to American detained in Iraq
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Saturday ruled that the US must allow the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLUF) access to an American citizen being held in US military custody in Iraq. On...
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Philippines Office of the Ombudsman (OTO) has anti-graft and corruption charges Tuesday against former Philippines president Benigno...
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of University of Toledo College of Law discusses the effect the Supreme Court's recent decision to stay parts of President Trump's "Muslim ban" will have on vulnerable refugees...On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court...
Iraq's Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into human rights violations carried out against civilians by special forces while fighting the Islamic State (IS) in Mosul. The allegations were initially reported by...
The US on Saturday expressed its intention to honor a migrant resettlement plan negotiated between the US and Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, up to 1,250 migrants seeking asylum in Australia will be allowed to...
Is Hungary's approach to the refugee crisis a test of the European Union unity?
JURIST Guest Columnist Bettina Nemeth, a partner in LexMetis, discusses Hungary's approach to the refugee crisis. . . In June of 2015, the Secretary of Interior Dr. Sándor Pintér, filed a legislative bill in the Hungarian Parliament to overhaul the...
Muslim Ban or Otherwise: Should a Bureaucrat Resign in Protest?
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin G. Davis of University of Toledo College of Law discusses the recent turmoil over the changes in the Trump administration... With the recent turmoil of the Monday Night Massacre (firing of the Acting Attorney General Sally...
Federal judge orders Defense Department to release Abu Ghraib photos
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled Wednesday that the Department of Defense must release a cache of photos taken at Abu Ghraib and other sites in Iraq...
US President Barack Obama granted 64 pardons and 209 commutations yesterday, including commuting the sentence of Chelsea Manning. Manning worked as a low-level intelligence analyst where she leaked documents regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2010...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that former detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison may continue their torture lawsuit against civilian military contractors. Four former prisoners allege that they...
