Chile's chief prosecutor Thursday urged that former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori be extradited to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights abuses, some arising from the 1992 Cantuta University massacre ...
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007, passed by the US House of Representatives, June 7, 2007 . Read the full text of the bill . Reported...
The US House of Representatives Thursday passed the Stem Cell Enhancement Act of 2007 247-176 , sending it to a recalcitrant President George W. Bush for signature barely two months after its Senate passage ....
Off the Record: U.S. Responsibility for Enforced Disappearances in the "War on Terror," Amnesty International, Cageprisoners, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at the New York University School of Law, Human Rights Watch,...
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany Wednesday ruled that a February 2005 referendum approving the construction of a bridge across the Dresden Elbe Valley , a UNESCO World Heritage Site [official...
HB 184, passed by the New Hampshire Senate, June 7, 2007 . Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
A Swiss court Thursday cleared nineteen former executives and consultants of the now-defunct Swissair Group of all charges Thursday in connection with their role in the collapse of the national airline that was once nicknamed the "flying...
Hate crimes are on the rise throughout Europe , rights watchdog Human Rights First reported Thursday in a study examining recent hate crimes in France, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, and the United...
Canada is stalling the discussion and adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples , according to a Thursday statement by Amnesty International (AI) . The declaration was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council...
Dr. Julie Gerberding , Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) , testified before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on...