UN rights expert urges prosecution of US officials responsible for torture
The UN Special Rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights Ben Emmerson on Tuesday called for the prosecution of US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other government officials for the interrogation and torture...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center discusses the recently released Senate Torture Report ... The recently released Torture Report of the Senate Intelligence Committee adds another layer of proof of serial international criminality that...
Senate report: enhanced interrogation techniques 'ineffective'
The so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" employed during the Bush administration were "ineffective," according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence . According to the report, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Uruguay. This move is the result of a 2009 Executive Order issued...
JURIST Guest Columnist Philip Leach, of Middlesex University and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), discusses how the Irish government has urged the European Court of Human Rights to reopen the 1978 case Ireland v. UK ...The Irish...
Police in the Philippines are committing torture with impunity, Amnesty International (AI) reported Thursday. Although allegations of torture, inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment within the police force have increased year after year, AI says...
Ireland government to ask ECHR to review 1978 human rights case
The Minister for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade , Charles Flanagan, announced on Tuesday he will make a request to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to review the judgment...
The UN Committee Against Torture released a report on Friday that found the US has fallen short of full compliance with the Convention Against Torture international treaty . Police brutality , detention facilities, military...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Monday that Russian occupation in Crimea has led to serious human rights violations . In the 37-page report , titled "Rights in Retreat: Abuses in Crimea," HRW documented...
UN committees outline states' obligations to end harmful practices against women and girls
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Wednesday released a joint recommendation on the obligations of states towards the prevention and...
