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Military commission to hear oral arguments on ACLU censorship challenge

August 4, 2012 12:16:45 PM

A military commissions judge at Guantanamo Bay announced Thursday that he will hear oral arguments regarding allegations by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that the government censored discussions...

July 26, 2012 09:09:05 AM

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday accused government forces and rebels in Syria of summarily capturing and killing opposition forces in violation of international humanitarian law. The AI report came after 19 bodies...

July 20, 2012 12:55:37 PM

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Friday that Senegal must promptly either put on trial or extradite to Belgium Chadian ex-president Hissene Habre . The court's legally binding order also...

July 12, 2012 03:20:06 PM

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday submitted a briefing to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women detailing the failure of the Mexican government to protect women from torture,...

July 11, 2012 01:15:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Abeer Hashayka, an LL.M. Candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, examines the treatment of Palestinian families at Israeli checkpoints and calls for safe, reliable access to hospitals and clinics during pregnancy...For...

June 27, 2012 02:02:57 PM

Lawyers for alleged 9/11 conspirator and Guantanamo Bay detainee Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on Tuesday revealed that they have asked a UN official to investigate allegations of torture. Mohammed reportedly confessed...

June 27, 2012 12:28:29 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday announced the launching of its Torture Database , a collection of more than 100,000 Bush-era documents recording "rendition, detention, and interrogation policies and practices." The database was...

June 26, 2012 10:38:31 AM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday issued a report documenting refugee abuse and urging the government of China to provide basic food and shelter needs to thousands of refugees fleeing sectarian violence in...

June 20, 2012 02:00:54 PM

The UN Committee Against Torture has ruled that Kazakhstan's extradition of 29 Uzbek refugees was a violation of international human rights agreements, including the Convention Against Torture . The committee stated in a ruling that the extradited...

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Hope Dies at Guantanamo

June 20, 2012 01:00:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that the Supreme Court's recent refusal to hear appeals from detainees at Guantanamo Bay represents a significant step away from the rights secured for them in Boumediene...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Patent of Toleration grants religious freedom to Protestants in Holy Roman Empire

On October 21, 1781, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II issued the Patent of Toleration, which granted religious freedom to Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.

First West law reports published

On October 21, 1876, the West Publishing Company, founded by John B. West, published its first law reporter, The Syllabi, which promised to provide Minnesota lawyers with legal intelligence that was "prompt, interesting, full, and at all times thoroughly reliable." The Syllabi eventually became the Northwestern Reporter, which later evolved into West's National Reporter System.

European Patent Institute established

On October 21, 1977, the European Patent Institute (EPI) was established by the European Patent Organisation pursuant to the European Patent Convention. The EPI serves as a non-governmental professional organization for patent lawyers in Europe.