Resolution referring Darfur war crimes to ICC [UN Security Council]

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Resolution referring Darfur war crimes to ICC [UN Security Council]

Bernard Hibbitts

March 31, 2005 11:52:00 pm

Resolution 1593 (2005), UN Security Council, March 31 2005 [authorizing the International Criminal Court to prosecute war crimes cases from Darfur, Sudan]. Read the full text of the resolution, with explanatory statements from delegations. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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University of Alabama desegregated after governor ends blockade

On June 11, 1963, the University of Alabama desegregated when Governor George Wallace, facing Alabama National Guard troops federalized by President Kennedy, ended his blockade of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and allowed two African-American students to enroll.

Read the text of President Kennedy's Civil Rights speech, delivered on this day.