The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call to respect rights of Palestinian political prisoners

Human rights organizations, prisoners support groups and Palestine solidarity organizations from Palestine, Israel, Canada, England, France, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, and the United States have united to support Khader Adnan’s fight for the rights of Palestinian political prisoners. Last night they  released the following call for international action.  The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make [...]

Rule of Law: Politicized Attorney General

John Ackerman is a U.S. born and trained scolar (Ph.D. in political science, University of California, Santa Cruz) who is also a Mexican citizen. He is a researcher in the Institute of Judicial Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and editorial director of the Mexican Law Review. He is a columist for La [...]

Drug Policy Debate: Pay attention to the clamor to legalize drugs, Drug Policy Allliance head, Ethan Nadelmann suggests to presidential candidates

An in-depth interview by the Mexican newspaper, La Jornada, with Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Drug Policy Alliance. He was a speaker at the international forum, Drugs: An Assessment of a Century of Prohibition, held in Mexico City this week.  La Jornada: “For Mexico to move towards a model of decriminalization of drugs and be [...]

Drug Policy Debate: Wife of Mexican president and Secretary of Interior deem drug legalization useless

This article is one of several in the Mexican press on the International Forum on Drugs: An Assessment of a Century of Prohibition, held this week in Mexico City. More of the statement of Interior Secretary Alejandro Poiré was posted yesterday. Ms. Zavala sounds like a spokesperson for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agengy (DEA) or the Department of [...]

Suriname: 1987 Constitution, with Reforms of 1992 (in Dutch)

Suriname: 1987 Constitution, with Reforms of 1992 (in Dutch): “zij, die krachtens onherroepelijke rechterlijke uitspraak het kiesrecht missen.” This article of the Surinamese Constitution in fact disallows the election of a convicted criminal for office, thus for president. Apart from the president several government officials are convicted by either national or international courts for serious [...]

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