Former Gurkha soldiers make court challenge to UK immigration policy
Five former members of the Brigade of Gurkhas began arguments Tuesday in the High Court in London against an immigration policy that has precluded thousands of retired Nepalese members of the British Army from remaining...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday calling on Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen to join in a global moratorium on the death penalty for juveniles. The report...
ICJ hears Romania-Ukraine dispute over Black Sea resource rights
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding hearings this week in a border dispute between Romania and Ukraine over resource rights to the Black Sea. Oral arguments...
Karadzic again refuses to enter pleas on ICTY war crimes charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic again refused to enter a plea on Friday to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International Criminal...
Russia recognition of Georgia territories violates international law: NATO
The North Atlantic Council (NAC) , made up of representatives from 26 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member nations, urged Russia to reverse its recognition of the independence of two Georgian territories [AP...
The Security Council's Struggle over Darfur and International Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist David Scheffer, who formerly led the US delegation in UN talks creating the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is now at Northwestern University School of Law, recalls the original intent behind Article 16 of the Rome Statute...
Russian attacks in Georgia show need for Convention on Cluster Munitions
Bonnie Docherty : "Russia has not only caused civilian casualties with its use of cluster munitions in Georgia, but it has also blatantly disregarded the international decision to ban the weapons. In the process, Russia has demonstrated...
ICC's arrest warrant for Bashir triggers state obligations to stop Darfur genocide
Betsy Apple and Nicolas Burniat : "Efforts by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Courts (ICC) to obtain an arrest warrant against the president of Sudan, Omar el-Bashir, for charges...
Fifth Circuit orders anti-Castro militant to stand trial for US immigration violations
The US Appeals Court for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles will stand trial in the US for alleged immigration violations, effectively blocking extradition efforts by Cuba...
Russia dropped cluster bombs on Georgia civilians: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Friday that its researchers have proof that Russian forces have dropped cluster bombs on Georgian civilians during the recent conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia ....
