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The UN observed its fourteenth International Day of the World’s Indigenous People Saturday, marking the first observance since the September 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ....

Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee , released a letter obtained by JURIST on Thursday in which he urged the Bush administration to postpone an international nuclear trade deal with India...

G. Eugene Martin : "I am encouraged by recent news of an agreement between the government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators but am somewhat skeptical...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Montgomery, US Ambassador to Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro) from 2001-2004, says that as the euphoria over the arrest of Radovan Karadzic fades and reality sets in, it's clear that his case poses continuing challenges...

Richard C. Dieter : "There is no question that treaties that have been signed and ratifed by the U.S. government are the "law of the land" and can be binding on states with the same...

Bryan McCann : "Two years ago, a fellow anti-death penalty activist and I participated in a public debate on the University of Texas campus with the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT). No...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg released a report on Monday emphasizing the need for European governments to critically examine their human rights records and patterns of discrimination. The report, entitled "Human Rights in...

Myanmar signed on to a new Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) charter Monday, despite other ASEAN members' criticism of the country's human rights record and continued detention of opposition leader Aung San...

Texas Governor Rick Perry said Thursday that Texas will go forward with the August 5 execution of a Mexican national despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) order staying the execution [order and press release,...

Thomas Hammarberg : "I have been in close contact with the Italian authorities ever since I was informed of violent anti-Roma manifestations in Italy and of the Italian government's decision to adopt new legislative...