Luxembourg parliament passed first reading of euthanasia bill
February 20, 2013
On February 20, 2008, the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies narrowly passed the first reading of a bill legalizing euthanasia. The second reading of the bill passed in March 2009, making Luxembourg the fourth nation in Europe to legalize euthanasia after Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Intern....... [more] 
French parliamentary commission recommended partial burqa ban
January 26, 2013
On January 26, 2010, a French parliamentary commission recommended a partial ban on the wearing of burqas and other facial veils donned by Muslim women in public areas. The French Constitutional Court approved a bill banning facial veils in public in October 2010, finding the law and its 150 euro pe....... [more]
Former Chad dictator to face war crimes trial in Senegal
January 17, 2013
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will stand trial next month for alleged crimes against humanity, Senegal's Justice Minister Aminata Toure confirmed Tuesday. Senegal's national assembly adopted a law in December allowing Senegal to create a special tribunal with the African Union (AU), which h....... [more]
HRW: Abused migrant women fear deportation from Belgium
November 9, 2012
Fear of deportation prevents many migrant women in Belgium from seeking necessary protection from domestic violence, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Friday. The 57-page report, entitled "'The Law was Against Me': Migrant Women's Access to Protection for Family Violence in Belgium....... [more]
Belgium burqa ban took effect
July 23, 2012
On July 23, 2011, Belgium implemented a law banning women from wearing burqas, the Islamic head scarves, in public. Earlier that week, the Council of Europe Commissioner of Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg denounced the legislation. In April 2010, the Belgian House of Representatives had approved the....... [more]
ICJ rules Senegal must try or extradite former Chad dictator Hissene Habre
July 20, 2012
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Senegal must promptly either put on trial or extradite to Belgium Chadian ex-president Hissene Habre. The court's legally binding order also noted that Senegal had failed to make serious efforts to prosecute Habre, 69, who has been been und....... [more]
Belgium officially banned burqa
July 14, 2012
On July 14, 2011, Belgium's interim cabinet announced via the Belgian Official Journal that the nation would be officially banning the burqa. The Belgian House of Representatives voted 136-0 to approve the law instituting the ban in April 2010; the Senate approved it in May 2010, but the law's imple....... [more]
France parliament approved burqa ban
July 13, 2012
On July 13, 2010, the French National Assembly approved a bill making it illegal to wear an Islamic burqa or full face veil in public. The bill, passed by a vote of 336-1, permits police to require women wearing the veil to show their face. If a woman refuses, she can be forced to attend citizenship....... [more]
Senegal reversed decision to deport Chad ex-dictator
July 10, 2012
On July 10, 2011, Senegal reversed its decision to deport former Chad dictator Hissene Habre back to Chad after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay warned of possible torture. Pillay issued the plea to stay Habre's deportation to Chad after the nation's courts sentenced him to death in....... [more]
ICJ and Habre: A Possible End to a Long Road to Accountability
March 12, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Sriram of the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, School of Law says that the ICJ should order Senegal to extradite former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Belgium to face prosecution for war crimes and crimes against humanity...To....... [more]
Belgium urges ICJ to order Senegal to prosecute or extradite Chad ex-president Habre
March 12, 2012
Lawyers for the Belgian government on Monday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Senegal to either prosecute former president of Chad Hissene Habre or extradite him to stand trial for atrocities committed during his eight years in power. Habre served as president of Chad from 198....... [more]
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