France constitutional court declares genocide denial ban unconstitutional
The Constitutional Council of the French Republic on Tuesday ruled that a French law making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered a genocide by the Ottoman Empire...
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JURIST Contributing Editor Amos Guiora of the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law says that in light of a recent UN report, and in the absence of clear international standards for humanitarian intervention, the US must intervene in...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report accusing the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya of allowing the abuse and torture of supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news...
JURIST Guest Columnist Vivian Curran of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Armenian genocide law must be viewed in the context of French lois mémorielles, the complex history of France and EU law, noting that the...
A French genocide denial ban passed last week stalled on Tuesday after two groups of French politicians challenged the law's constitutionality. The opposition groups, which include members in both the Senate and the National...
The French Senate on Monday passed a bill that outlaws denial of genocide crimes , including the World War I-era killings of more than one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers. The Senate voted...
Libya NTC publishes draft law for electing constitutional assembly
The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) published a draft law Monday establishing guidelines for the election of the assembly that will create Libya's new constitution. The law would ban any former members...
A French court on Thursday convicted former president Jacques Chirac on corruption charges, handing him a two-year suspended sentence. The charges stem from his time as mayor of the city of Paris and accused...
JURIST Guest Columnist Félix Tréguer, Policy and Legal Analyst at La Quadrature du Net, says that the recent ruling blocking the Copwatch website in France is just another instance of censorship under the Sarkozy government which prevents French citizens from...
Libyan forces have arrested nearly 2,500 people who face ongoing torture and detainment without formal charges , Amnesty International (AI) alleged Thursday. Interviews of 300 Libyan prisoners in August and September revealed that many were...
