UN special adviser welcomes France verdict on Rwanda genocide perpetrator
UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Alice Nderitu welcomed on Monday the life imprisonment sentence that the Paris Assize Court issued Philippe Hategekimana on June 28. Hategekimana was sentenced to life imprisonment for the genocide crimes that he committed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The trial of Hategekimana [...]
UN secretary general: 'Hate speech is an alarm bell' on anniversary of Rwanda genocide
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres Friday called for increased digital accountability to combat hate speech on the internet. Guterres made a statement in remembrance of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. He noted that there are currently few or no controls in place to stop the spread of [...]
Arbitration in the Realm of Sports Law – Need of the Hour or Not?
Abstract This article discusses the need to introduce arbitration in the field of Sports law as it will contribute towards the steady disposal of disputes arising on and off the field. We will discuss why there’s an immediate need to promote and bring an efficient form of arbitration into the area of Sports law. We [...]
US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer sent a letter to Congress Thursday communicating the Trump administration's intention to begin the process of re-negotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) . NAFTA is an international trade agreement...
Thousands of people in Belarus on Wednesday gathered to protest a labor law that fines people if they do not work enough days during the year. President Alexander Lukashenko enacted Ordinance No. 3 ...
French law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested Tite Barahira, a former Rwandan leader, for conspiracy to commit genocide committed during the 1994 genocide in that country. Barahira was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant issued in...
JURIST Guest Columnist Valerie Vollmar of Willamette University College of Law says the Georgia legislature seems to have acted hastily without thinking through the potential consequences of its new assisted suicide law, which differs dramatically from the legislative schemes in...
Same-Sex Marriage and International Law in the Ninth Circuit
JURIST Guest Columnist Nathan Crombie, Columbia Law School Class of 2012, is currently researching the influence of international human rights law on same-sex marriage. Here he argues that international law should influence the Ninth Circuit's ruling on same-sex marriage...The US...
US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder returned to the US Tuesday after spending 21 days in a Rwandan prison. Upon his return, Erlinder stated his belief that had he not requested...
