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Proposals for amendments to an Egyptian political corruption law were criticized by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday for their potential for abuse . HRW reports that the amendments, proposed by the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers [official...

The presidents of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday presented their respective annual reports to the UN General Assembly ,...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that the death of Muammar Gaddafi and one of his sons exemplifies an emerging trend towards the use of targeted and extrajudicial killings instead of attempts to capture...

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Curtis Doebbler of Webster University and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations, both in Geneva, Switzerland, says the killing of Muammar Gaddafi appears to be another violation of international law involving the US, sending...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Friday dismissed a counterclaim filed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) and state Attorney General Tom Horne ...

After the local Human Rights Ombudsman filed an action of unconstitutionality, the 11 justices of the Supreme Court of Mexico gathered last month to discuss and rule on the constitutionality of an amendment to the Constitution of Baja California  effectively banning abortions. The state of Baja California is one of 32 federal entities of Mexico. Although politicians and [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that social media and networking have proven pivotal in the success of the Arab Spring protest movements in a manner that was previously unforeseen by commentators and scholars...The...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by group of 10 congressmen alleging that US President Barack Obama violated Article I Section...

Melanie Lazarus, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2012, is the author of the ninth article in a ten part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development under the direction of Professor...

The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) has charged Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, leader of Jamaat e Islami (JI) , with war crimes allegedly stemming from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan. Bangladesh established...