Search Results for: 2016-03-30

JURIST Guest Columnist Larry Eaker, former Professor at the American University of Paris discusses the possible legal consequences of the UK's decision to exit the EU... As a historian, I fear Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction not...

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a ceasefire , marking an end to more than 50 years of armed conflict between the two groups. Among its terms are a demobilization plan...

US President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 42 inmates convicted of drug offenses as part of his ongoing efforts toward criminal justice reform . The 42 inmates received the commutation and...

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Wednesday sentenced Mohibur Rahman to death for his part in the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. His two associates, Mujibur Rahman and Abdur Razzak, were sentenced to life...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed confidence on Monday that former first lady Simone Gbagbo's upcoming trial in Ivory Coast for crimes against humanity could be a "pivotal moment for justice." HRW also warned that if the...

The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Tuesday sentenced four men to death for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. Five men were tried, but only four received death sentences...

JURIST Guest Columnist Dwight Newman of the University of Saskatchewan discusses what is happening with recent leave decisions related to Indigenous rights and Canadian energy regulation.... The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to grant leave to appeal in the Clyde...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kaimipono Wenger of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the rise of anti-LGBT bills in a number of conservative states and opposite reactions to these bills and the fundamental question: do LGBT rights create burdens on religion,...

South Carolina's summary courts, which try and convict defendants for low-level offenses, are failing to provide legal representation and other constitutional safeguards, according to a study released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ....

Environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . The lawsuit challenged the FDA's authority to approve genetically modified animals for use as food. In November the FDA approved [WSJ...