Alleged Liberian war criminal detained by federal authorities in Pennsylvania
A 49-year old Liberian national and resident of East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Mohammed Jabbateh, was indicted in Philadelphia on Wednesday on two counts of immigration fraud and two counts of perjury for failing to disclose his crimes...
The prosecutor in the trial of Hissène Habré on Wednesday requested that the former Chadian leader be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. The sentencing recommendation was made by Senegal special prosecutor Mbacke Fall after his closing...
UN rights experts call on Canada to address violence against indigenous women
Experts from the UN and the Inter-American human rights systems urged Canada Monday to address the "root causes" of the extreme violence and discrimination against indigenous women and girls in the country at a meeting with Canadian Ministers...
A Sri Lankan panel led by retired judge Maxwell Paranagama presented a report to parliament on Tuesday, concluding that allegations that Sri Lankan troops committed war crimes are credible. He said that there is enough evidence in...
Honduran Congressional Vice President Lena Gutierrez began her trial Wednesday for her role in the nation's recent medical sale scandal. The charges include falsification of public documents and fraud against the...
Former Chadian leader Hissène Habré was carried into court Monday by masked security agents following his refusal to participate in his trial for war crimes. Habré, who has denounced the proceedings as politically motivated, is...
Framing Internationalization of West Papua Issues As Another Kosovo's Independency
JURIST Guest Columnist Dimas Kuncoro Jati, of Gadjah Mada University, discusses the separatist movement in the West Papua and estimates its chances of exercising secession from Indonesia under the Kosovo scenario ... West Papua separatists are allegedly trying to seek...
Taking Justice to a New Level: The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic
JURIST Guest Columnist Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner, the advocacy director of the International Justice Program at Human Rights Watch, discusses how a Special Criminal Court, created by the interim authorities of the Central African Republic, has the potential to strengthen the fight...
Protesters call for resignation of Honduras president on corruption allegations
Thousands of protesters marched in Honduras on Friday calling for the resignation of President Juan Hernandez and demanding an independent investigation into his role in an ongoing corruption scandal. Hernandez is accused of ...
Canada truth commission urges government to support aboriginal peoples
Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Tuesday urged the government to move from "apology to action" in its policies and programs directed toward restoring the aboriginal peoples' relationships with the rest of the country....
