US defense lawyer pleads not guilty to Rwanda genocide denial
US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of Rwanda genocide denial. Rwandan prosecutors claim that as a result of his past American publications on the Rwandan...
US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder on Wednesday attempted to commit suicide while being held in a Rwandan prison on charges of genocide denial, according to police. Erlinder was reportedly found...
US Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp expressed concern Tuesday over the potential adoption of a state aggression law by the International Criminal Court (ICC) , claiming that it could undermine the integrity of...
JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Bratman of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul claims he opposes repealing the foundational Civil Rights Act of 1964, his controversial comments on race discrimination leave one...
The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday began the trial of New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune on five criminal charges in connection with boarding a Japanese whaling vessel as part of a protest...
Russia ex-PM testifies Khodorkovsky arrest politically motivated
Former Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov on Monday testified that former president Vladimir Putin ordered the arrest of former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky for political reasons. Testifying...
JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Kearney, a lecturer in international law at the University of York (UK), and Victor Kattan, Teaching Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, argue for the recognition of Palestine as a...
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected 14 new members to the Human Rights Council (HRC) , half of which have questionable human rights records. Several of the new members, including Libya, Angola, Malaysia, Thailand,...
Zimbabwe Attorney General Johannes Tomana on Wednesday appealed the recent Supreme Court decision to acquit Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett ...
JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England Law | Boston say that fear and politics notwithstanding, trial in US federal court will be the best option in most, if not all, terrorism cases.... Since President Bush...
