In Thursday's international brief, Nigeria , acting on behalf of the African Union , has proposed the creation of an African war crimes tribunal that would prosecute alleged human rights violations and war crimes in Sudan . The proposal was directed to the European Union , whose members have traditionally favored sending the Sudan situation [...]
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The ACLU , Break the Chains , and the Brennan Center for Justice released a report Thursday indicating that America's war on drugs is inflicting deep and disproportionate harm on women, most of them mothers. The report states mothers are filling prisons at a fast-increasing pace despite mostly minor roles in drug rings. 101,000 women [...]
Israel's Justice Ministry announced Thursday that Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been indicted for violating the terms of his release from prison. Vanunu completed an 18-year prison sentence in April for revealing secrets of Israel's atomic program to the Sunday Times newspaper. Vanunu, who has lived at a Jerusalem church compound since his release, [...]
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to ban the use of federal money to transfer terror suspects to countries where prisoners can be tortured. The amendment, part of the $81.4 billion emergency spending package for combat and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, was approved 420-2 and reaffirms the United States' 1994 ratification of a [...]
US District Court Judge Aleta Trauger ruled Wednesday that plaintiffs in a class-action suit against Primus Automotive Financial Services , a lending unit of Ford Motor Co. , has proved that the unit discriminated against black customers by charging them higher rates on car loans. The suit claimed blacks were charged hundreds of thousands of [...]
Protesters in Kenya Wednesday demanded a limit to the president's powers as parliament prepared for debate on a new constitution. The protests came after Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki appeared to hold back from endorsing a draft that would restict the authority of his office. As Kibaki formally opened the parliamentary session, however, he promised lawmakers [...]
The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed legislation which would delay the removal of the feeding tube sustaining Terri Schiavo by allowing her case to shift to federal court. The House acted after a Florida appellate court upheld an earlier decision to remove the tube. The bill, introduced by House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner [...]
JURIST Guest Columnists Jamal Jafari and Paul R. Williams of the Public International Law and Policy Group and American University's Washington College of Law insist that under legal standards the situation in Darfur constitutes genocide, whether the UN classifies it that way nor not…. Among all the interviews conducted last August with the seemingly uncountable [...]
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, March 17. The US Senate convenes at 9:30 AM ET, and will continue consideration of S. Con. Res. 18 , the FY 2006 budget resolution. Watch a live webcast of proceedings. The US House will meet at 10 AM [...]
Her Majesty the Queen v. Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, British Columbia Supreme Court, Justice Ian Bruce Josephson, March 16, 2005 . Excerpt: In the early morning hours of June 23, 1985, Air India Flight 182, carrying 329 people, was destroyed mid-flight by a bomb located in its rear cargo hold. Remnants of [...]
