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30 Jun 2023, 3:28 pm
The jury awarded the victim of the accident, who is Black, $9,200 in damages from the driver, who is white. [read post]
27 Jun 2023, 12:00 am
She also called the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 a “crime against humanity,” and recognized that the victims “have equal right to remedy and reparation, encompassing a wide set of entitlements like access to justice and access to information. [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 5:51 am
The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture (the Fund) is doing its best to close the gap. [read post]
20 Jun 2023, 10:40 am
Now that it is just two days away, Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and other administration officials must recommit to carrying out their pledges to place human rights at the “center” of their foreign policy, before India’s backward slide dilutes any value of security and economic ties. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 4:00 am
National/Federal G.O.P. [read post]
15 Jun 2023, 9:01 pm
I remember appearing on NPR with my friend Michael Ratner, the Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and my co-counsel in Rasul. [read post]
14 Jun 2023, 4:55 pm
It’s not just Texas; finding ways to charge someone for an overdose death is a growing national effort. [read post]
14 Jun 2023, 5:01 am
(PEN America), the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), and the Student Press Law Center (SPLC): Summary of Argument Suicide is an enduring, though tragic, facet of human existence. [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 1:12 pm
Unfortunately, one of the major reasons a criminal would impersonate a child is to engage in the crime of sextortion against other children. [read post]
6 Jun 2023, 5:55 am
Ultimately, the degree to which any eventual treaty is gender competent will have enormous practical impacts for the victims of these grave crimes. [read post]
3 Jun 2023, 3:01 pm
Some of the nation’s largest cities—New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and even Austin—recorded their highest levels of hate crimes in 2022 since 1992, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University—San Bernardino. [read post]
31 May 2023, 5:55 am
In the IIIM’s early engagement with Syrian victim and survivor communities concerning the most appropriate labels for describing the pervasive mistreatment of detainees, the crime of “torture” resonated far more powerfully than the crime of “persecution”, although this is evolving in light of the IIIM’s two-way dialogue with victims and survivors as part of its victim and survivor-centered approach. [read post]
30 May 2023, 3:23 am
Ukraine has charged four members of Russia’s National Guard with war crimes in Kherson after they beat prisoners relentlessly and tortured them with electric shocks, waterboarding and mock executions. [read post]
26 May 2023, 4:43 pm
The Deputy Prosecutor will also work with the Office of Tribal Attorney to provide strategic planning support and assistance on tribal justice and victimization issues. [read post]
25 May 2023, 7:31 pm
American Jews account for 2.4% of the U.S. population, but they are the victims of 63% of reported religiously motivated hate crimes, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). [read post]
24 May 2023, 9:05 pm
Some government officials call the Postal Service the “most trusted agency in the nation. [read post]
23 May 2023, 2:17 pm
“Summary executions, rape and torture during armed conflict amount to war crimes and could, depending on the circumstances, amount to crimes against humanity,” he said. [read post]
23 May 2023, 12:27 am
And we are equally secure in recognizing that the men and women who, often at the risk of their own lives, try to help, protect, or rescue the victims of such atrocities embody and epitomize absolute good. [read post]
22 May 2023, 8:20 am
When this happens, the transgressor is tried for their crimes, as they would be under criminal law, and the victim is also compensated for their losses, in adherence with civil laws. [read post]
12 May 2023, 12:41 pm
"We are updating the National Action Plan in light of the U.S. [read post]
