Families of bombing victims win lawsuit against Syria, Iran
May 16, 2012
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday awarded victims' families over $300 million dollars in damages from the governments of Syria and Iran for their roles in an April 2006 terrorist attack in Israel. The lawsuit was filed by the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center on b....... [more] 
Palestine Cannot Circumvent UN State Admission Procedures
May 13, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood...The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moren....... [more]
UN SG urges Israel to try or release Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
May 10, 2012
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged the Israeli government to try or release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners without delay to avoid any further risk on their health condition. The prisoners, who have been in Israeli custody, began their open-ended hunger strike two weeks ago to....... [more]
Israel Supreme Court declines to free Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
May 7, 2012
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday ruled against two Palestinian prisoners in their appeal seeking release from detention. Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diab have been placed in administrative detention, a legal method of incarcerating potentially dangerous individuals indefinitely without a trial. The t....... [more]
Supreme Court justice rejected stay of deportation for accused Nazi guard
May 7, 2012
On May 7, 2009, the US Supreme Court denied an application for a stay of deportation filed by accused concentration camp prison guard John Demjanjuk. Demjanjuk was facing deportation to Germany where he had been charged with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his alleged actions at the Sobibor....... [more]
UN rights expert concerned over Israel prison conditions
May 2, 2012
Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian territory, said Wednesday that he is "appalled" by "continuing human rights violations in Israeli prisons." Israeli prison authorities have taken punitive measures against the more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners who began a hunge....... [more]
Israel ex-president appealed rape conviction to high court
May 2, 2012
On May 2, 2011, former Israeli president Moshe Katsav appealed his conviction to the Israeli Supreme Court prior to beginning a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault. The motion requested that Katsav's sentence be postponed until after his appeal is heard. The Tel Aviv District Cour....... [more]
UN rights chief says NGO restrictions undermine human rights
April 26, 2012
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern Wednesday that recent restrictions on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a number of countries may fundamentally effect freedoms and human rights. Pillay highlighted Egypt, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Belarus, Israel and Venezuela as....... [more]
Supreme Court rules political organizations immune from torture act liability
April 19, 2012
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority that political organizations including the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization are immune from liability under the Torture Victims Protection Act of 1992 (TVPA). The petitioners, relativ....... [more]
Israel bill would allow Parliament to overturn Supreme Court decisions
April 9, 2012
The Israeli justice minister has proposed a bill that would allow the Israeli Knesset to reinstate laws that have been struck down by the Israeli Supreme Court. Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman last week proposed the bill, which would give parliament authority to overturn Supreme Court decisions tha....... [more]
ICC Jurisdiction in Palestine: Blurring Law and Politics
April 9, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Valentina Azarov of Al-Quds Bards College, Al-Quds University says that the ICC was wrong to find that it did not have jurisdiction over Palestine, but due to the procedural nature of the decision, there are still avenues open for Palestine in the ICC...On April 3, 2012, the O....... [more]
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