This paper examines the various shortcomings of the Venezuelan legal system in regards to universal jurisdiction. Areas covered include universal criminal jurisdiction ...
Major Niranjan Basnet of the Nepal Army was charged by a civilian court in 2008 with the murder of a 15-year-old girl. He was recently found to be serving in a ...
The cases in this document are extracts from the full report "Nigeria: Killing at will –extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings". More detailed information ...
Trade unionist Jorge Chen Alvarez, an official in the National Health Workers' Union, has received a death threat believed to be connected to his work improving ...
Hundreds of people are unlawfully killed by the police in Nigeria every year. Some people die because they fail to pay police officers a bribe. Others are killed ...
Hundreds of people die at the hands of the Nigeria Police Force every year. Many are unlawfully killed in the streets, at roadblocks, in police detention, and before ...
The execution of Mohammad Reza Haddadi, a 21-year-old man, scheduled for 9 December 2009, did not take place. No new execution date has been announced. He is held ...
The Philippine authorities should immediately establish a clear andshort timetable for an end to martial law in the country’s restiveMaguindanao province.
