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Military Justice? Palestinians in Israeli Courts (Video)
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The Center for Palestine Studies (CPS) at Columbia University has developed a new project on Palestine and law, which consists of a series of panels with some of the world's leading legal scholars on Palestine. The aim of the series is to promote innovative academic thought on legal questions related to Palestine. The issues covered will include the state question, property issues, from possession to dispossession; the sphere of litigation; the legal status of the refugee; ...
Keep Reading »This Is A Mass Sexual Assault . . . We Will Resist (Video)
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The following video was produced by Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault. It shows a public and mass sexual attack on a female protestor in Tahrir Square and the efforts to ensure her safety. The footage was edited to highlight exactly what is happening in the moving crush of bodies caught on video. It shows several men publically raping a protestor, with several other men pressing in to partake in the assault. This is not the first time a woman is sexually ...
Keep Reading »HRW Statement on Sweeping Injustices in Saudi Arabia
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[The following statement was issued by Human Rights Watch on 31 January 2013.] Correction: On 21 January 2013, a Saudi higher court decided not to charge website editor Raif Badawi with apostasy. The pending charges against Badawi include “insulting Islam through electronic channels,” which does not carry the death penalty. Saudi Arabia arrested hundreds of peaceful protesters during 2012, and sentenced activists from across the country to prison for expressing ...
Keep Reading »International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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[The following press release and report were issued by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 31 January 2013.] The International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory today published its findings on the implications Israeli settlements have upon the human rights of the Palestinian people. The report states that a multitude of the human rights of the Palestinians are violated in various forms ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (February 2)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Letter Concerning Incidents at the Marmara University Faculty of Communications The Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association expresses its concern over the actions of Yusuf Devran, the government-appointed dean of the Faculty of Communications at Marmara University in Turkey. Under Dean Devran, specific ...
Keep Reading »HRW Statement on Backsliding Human Rights Situation in UAE
[The following statement was issued by Human Rights Watch on 31 January 2013.] The Human Rights situation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deteriorated rapidly during 2012, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2013. The government has carried out a repressive campaign that has targeted Islamists, liberals, activists, and scholars alike, Human Rights Watch said. The campaign has systematically violated UAE citizens’ rights to free expression and ...
Keep Reading »Beirut Event -- Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies (5 February)
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Lawfare and Armed Conflict: Comparing Israeli and US Targeted Killing Policies and Challenges against Them 5 February 2013, 6:00 - 8:00 PM AUB Building 37 - CASAR (behind Lee Observatory) American University of Beirut Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research cordially invite you to the lecture "Lawfare and Armed Conflict: ...
Keep Reading »Call for Applicants: Director at Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut
The American University of Beirut (AUB) invites applications and nominations for the position of founding director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship. The Asfari Institute will serve as a regional hub of academics, practitioners and policy makers who will explore associational life in the Arab world, and advance realistic solutions to obstacles to effective civil society and citizenship. Reporting to the provost, the director will ...
Keep Reading »Turkish Progressive Lawyers Association Statement on Lawyers' Arrests
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[The following statement was issued by the Progressive Lawyers Association of Turkey on 18 January 2013.] Police terrorism against defense lawyers continues. Lawyers are being taken under custody and searches are carried out in their offices and houses as well as two offices of Progressive Lawyers’ Association. The offices of the Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), Istanbul and Ankara Branches, The People’s Law Office (An independent law office defending the basic ...
Keep Reading »UN Counter-Terrorism Expert Launches Inquiry into the Civilian Impact of Drones and Other Forms of Targeted Killing
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LONDON (24 January 2012) - UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Ben Emmerson QC will be formally launching an Inquiry into the civilian impact of the use of drones and other forms of targeted killing, focusing on the applicable legal framework, a critical examination of the factual evidence concerning civilian casualties, with a view to making recommendations to the UN General Assembly concerning the duty of States to ...
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