US military commission hears jurisdiction arguments in Khadr case
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Monday argued that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the case , saying that Khadr did not commit a war crime...
UN rights panel urges Saudi Arabia to end male guardianship system for women
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Friday called for Saudi Arabia to abolish laws that give men complete guardianship over women. Under current Saudi law, women have few or no...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday issued a report pushing for the enforcement of sanctions against more than 12 countries who continue to use child soldiers in armed combat. According to the report, child soldiers...
Europe rights court rules against France in lesbian adoption case
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled that France violated the rights of a lesbian woman by refusing her application to adopt a child because of her sexual preference. The French...
Khadr military trial violates international law on child soldiers: lawyers
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday argued that he was a child soldier when he was captured in Afghanistan and that the US military commission responsible for trying him lacks jurisdiction over the...
Ruling in No Child Left Behind Act case major victory for students, parents
Michael Simpson : "In a major victory for students, parents, and public education, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held on January 7th that the Bush Administration's interpretation of the No Child...
UN rights chief urges Sri Lanka to protect rights as ceasefire with Tamils expires
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Tuesday urged the Sri Lankan government to abide by international law as a 2002 ceasefire with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [group website;...
School District of the City of Pontiac et al. v. Secretary of the United States Department of Education, January 7, 2008 [ruling that a 2005 lawsuit challenging the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) should not have been dismissed by...
Federal appeals court rules No Child Left Behind challenge can proceed
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Monday ruled that a 2005 lawsuit challenging the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) should not have been dismissed by a lower federal court....
The Special Court for Sierra Leone on Monday resumed the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with testimony from the prosecution's first witness, a Canadian expert on so-called "blood diamonds"...
