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29 Oct 2009, 5:12 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council on Wednesday [official website] called [press release] for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by the Guinean military junta during the September 28 incidents at Conakry [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
9 Sep 2024, 9:25 am
"Understanding…Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? [read post]
18 Nov 2017, 9:00 am
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy site] on Friday released a report [press release] detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. [read post]
24 Jan 2006, 7:44 pm
[JURIST] EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini [official website] has responded to a Council of Europe report [PDF text; COE press release], released [JURIST report] Tuesday by urging all EU member nations to fully comply with the ongoing COE investigation into alleged CIA rendition practices [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Feb 2006, 11:45 am
[JURIST] FBI memos [documents log] released [press release] Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act action [ACLU materials] suggest that senior US military officials, up to and including former Undersecretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, were aware of and endorsed the use of harsh interrogation techniques against Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 1:26 pm
[JURIST] Officials at the US Chamber of Commerce's affiliate, the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) [official website], said in a report [text, PDF; press release] released Thursday that the system of heavy securities class action litigation in the US is inefficient, unnecessary, and harmful to the US economy. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 8:55 am
[JURIST] UNICEF [official website] on Saturday condemned [press release] the abduction of young boys by an armed group in South Sudan. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 12:10 am
Judicial Watch Press Release, New Documents Reveal DOJ, IRS, and FBI Plan to Seek Criminal Charges of Obama Opponents: Judicial Watch today released new Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents that include an official “DOJ Recap” report detailing an October 2010 meeting between Lois Lerner, DOJ... [read post]
15 Aug 2007, 1:54 am
HRW Africa director Peter Takirambudde called on SADC members to "take strong and effective action" [press release] in order "to deal with one of [read post]
28 May 2009, 4:27 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] Secretary-General Irene Khan said Thursday that the global economic crisis is exacerbating [press release] the world's human rights failures, urging governments to "invest in human rights as purposefully as they are investing in economic growth. [read post]
17 Mar 2006, 6:56 am
[JURIST] The number of asylum applications submitted to industrialized countries has decreased for the fourth year in a row and the number of asylum seekers arriving in Western nations has plummeted by half in the last five years [UNHCR press release], according to statistics [report, PDF] released Friday by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website]. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 8:02 am
[JURIST] Oil workers in Kazakhstan face mistreatment and repression [report] at the hands of the government and oil companies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in a report released [press release] on Monday. [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 10:35 am
Here's yesterday's press release. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 8:01 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Examinations today released its 2024 examination priorities to inform investors and registrants of the key risks, examination topics, and priorities that the Division plans to focus on in the…Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 8:55 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Tuesday condemned [press release] extremists for the beheading of 21 Coptic Christian men in Libya, characterizing the acts as "vile crime[s] targeting people on the basis of their religion. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 5:14 am
[JURIST] Gllobal environment crime [press release] is financing criminal activity and threatening global development, according to a report [text, PDF] released Tuesday by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and INTERPOL [official websites]. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 6:29 am
According to AI's report, both the military and the police use a variety of torture techniques [press release] to extract confessions to crimes, and the confessions are heavily relied on... [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 7:04 am
[JURIST] The number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 while the number of countries that employ capital punishment decreased, according to a report [text; press release] released Thursday by the Rome-based anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain [advocacy website]. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 2:19 pm
[JURIST] Lawyers in China are subject to increasing persecution and intimidation by the Chinese government, according to a report [text; press release] released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website]. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 1:26 am
[JURIST] The Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses [press release], and the incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation to find out whether any laws were violated, according to a report [text, PDF] released Tuesday by US House Judiciary Committee [official website] Chairman John Conyers, Jr. [read post]
