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ICC prosecutor confirms decision not to investigate 2010 Israeli-Turkish conflict

Kylee Clark

November 30, 2017 01:51:36 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda confirmed Thursday that her office will not investigate a 2010 Israeli attack against a Gaza bound Turkish flotilla. After a presentation of new facts and information, Bensouda concluded...

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UN chief calls for increased help in tackling human trafficking and war crimes

Kylee Clark

November 22, 2017 07:05:53 pm

UN Secretary‑General António Guterres on Monday expressed grave concern about increases in human trafficking in an open UN Security Council (UNSC) debate in New York. Guterres listed Da'esh, Boko Haram, Al‑Shabaab and the Lord's...

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Transgender woman sues Massachusetts Department of Corrections for treatment in male prison

Kylee Clark

November 16, 2017 02:14:22 pm

An unnamed transgender woman being held in an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed suit Wednesday alleging unfair treatment. The lawsuit, filed by GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders in the US District Court for the District of...

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ICC Prosecutor renews call for arrest of Libya Al-Saiqa brigade commander

Kylee Clark

November 9, 2017 02:41:16 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Wednesday reported to the statement to the UN Security Council (UNSC) on the efforts to arrest Libyan special forces commander Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli. The warrant for his arrest was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.