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13 Oct 2015, 7:38 am
Volkswagen’s Internal Investigation Reveals Startling Details About Defeat Device As US Files Consumer Protection Lawsuits Against the Company Last month, the West Virginia University discovered that Volkswagen’s supposedly “clean diesel” engines, which set a consumer standard for environmental awareness and protection, had a “defeat device” to fool emissions tests into believing the engine ran cleaner […] [read post]
15 Apr 2005, 6:05 am
[JURIST] Leading Friday's international brief, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque [official profile in Spanish] announced Friday that Cuba rejected the UN Human Rights Commission [official website] resolution calling on Cuba [government website] to allow a special envoy to visit the island nation to investigate abuses. [read post]
13 Feb 2006, 12:22 am
[JURIST] Leading Monday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court [official website] has handed down an historic decision holding that the Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) [JURIST report], created by King Gyanendra [official profile, BBC profile] following his dismissal of the elected government [JURIST report], is unconstitutional and ordering the body to cease and desist all [read post]
14 Jun 2005, 7:24 am
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Argentine Supreme Court [judicial website in Spanish] has struck down the nation's two amnesty laws preventing former military and government officials from being investigated and prosecuted for alleged crimes and human rights abuses during the 1970s and '80s military dictatorship and the anti-leftist campaign called the Dirty War [Wikipedia [read post]
23 Feb 2004, 1:43 pm
Amnesty International urgently called on Haitian rebels Monday to respect human rights and humanitarian law as they took control of Haiti's second-largest city and reached the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince: A number of rebel leaders have abysmal human rights records, raising serious concern about levels of violence, as well as the humanitarian situation, in the areas under their control [read post]
17 Feb 2005, 9:30 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International [official website] said Thursday that the recent imposition of emergency rule in Nepal by King Gyanendra [BBC profile] has taken the country to the "brink of disaster" and that the human rights crisis in the country could turn into a "catastrophe". [read post]
14 Jul 2005, 6:50 am
[JURIST] Leading Thursday's international brief, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province [Wikipedia profile] has passed a controversial law [Pakistan Times report] reminiscent of Afghan regulatons under the former Taliban regime that will allow the government to monitor individuals' compliance with Islamic principles. [read post]
21 Jun 2005, 10:08 am
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka [official profile], Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme [official website], as Special Envoy to Zimbabwe [government website] to investigate the continuing mass evictions [JURIST report] taking place under Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [Wikipedia profile] [read post]
20 Jul 2005, 2:26 pm
[JURIST] Leading Wednesday's international brief, in the strongest statement so far by a European governmental body, the German Bundestag [government website] has called on the German government to take several strong steps against the administration of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [Wikipedia profile], including measures to ensure that the relevant "masterminds" behind Operation [read post]
22 Jul 2005, 1:45 pm
[JURIST] Leading Friday's international brief, the main political opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance [official website], has called on South African President Thabo Mbeki [profile] to reject a request by Zimbabwean officials for financial aid to support the rapidly collapsing Zimbabwean economy. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 7:52 am
The Associazione Italiana Diritto e Letteratura (AIDEL) announces its International Conference 2013: "Pwers of Voices/Voices of Power" will be held in Verona from November 14 through November 16. [read post]
13 Jan 2005, 7:05 am
[JURIST] In Thursday's international brief, Somalia's parliament has approved the proposed cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi [BBC profile] Thursday in a crucial step towards establishing a truly functioning government for the trouble-ridden country. [read post]
12 May 2006, 2:23 am
[JURIST] Leading Friday's international brief, five individuals who served as the political cabinet for King Gyanendra [official profile] after he dissolved the lawfully elected government [JURIST report] in February 2005 have been arrested on charges of "making statements aimed at disturbing the public peace. [read post]
13 Jun 2005, 8:38 am
[JURIST] Leading Monday's international brief, Sudan's domestic war crimes tribunal is scheduled to hold its first hearings Tuesday in the capital city of Khartoum, according to Sudanese Justice Minister Ali Mohammed Yassin. [read post]
16 Feb 2006, 1:47 am
[JURIST] Leading Thursday's international brief, the civilian criminal trial of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. [read post]
19 Oct 2009, 5:20 am
The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the resolution "one-sided" and called on the international community to join Israel in rejecting it, issuing [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 10:47 am
This from the SIU President: December 2009 -- Current Issue Many Seafarers understand both the benefits and the responsibilities that go along with our union’s affiliations to groups like the AFL-CIO, the Maritime Trades Department and the International Transport Workers’ Federation. [read post]
5 May 2006, 2:38 am
[JURIST] Leading Friday's international brief, the newly formed political cabinet [JURIST report] in Nepal has agreed on the membership of a judicial commission that will investigate state police and security force actions during pro-democracy protests [JURIST news archive] last month that led to the capitulation of King Gyanendra [official profile], allowing the formation of a new democratic [read post]
7 Mar 2006, 1:01 am
[JURIST] Leading Tuesday's international brief, Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye [BBC profile] has been found not guilty of rape by a High Court judge who ridiculed the disarray of the prosecutor's office in presenting jumbled and often mislabeled evidence and even implied that the woman accusing Besigye was dishonest, saying that while one might forget the day of a rape, no one would [read post]
17 Jun 2004, 12:01 pm
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has convicted a former mayor on genocide and crimes against humanity charges, sentencing him to 30 years in prison. [read post]
