The Cambodian government requested Friday that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) clarify its 1962 decision awarding the Temple of Preah Vihear to the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh. Cambodia has requested the clarification in order to “peacefully and definitely settle the boundary problem between in the area of the Temple of Preah Vihear.” Parts [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced on Thursday his plans to brief the UN Security Council on May 4 on the progress of his investigation into alleged human rights violations by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi . The prosecutor is expected to request that judges issue warrants against the most serious perpetrators of [...]
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has removed US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder from his position as an ICTR defense lawyer. Appeals chamber judges said that last week’s decision was based on Erlinder’s failure to appear at the tribunal in Arusha, Tanzania. The decision cites Rule 46 [...]
The Indiana House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday banning abortions performed after 20 weeks of pregnancy, citing the possibility that after that point the fetus may be able to feel pain. Under HB 1210, a physician must “etermine in accordance with accepted medical standards the postfertilization age of the fetus and which trimester the pregnant [...]
A court in Bahrain on Thursday sentenced four protesters to death for their roles in the killing of two police officers. Three others were sentenced to life in prison . The killings were committed last month during mass anti-government protests. Rights activists have expressed concern that the verdict could lead to intensified protests and violence. [...]
The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday approved HB 1446 , a bill creating a criminal penalty for undocumented workers who hold jobs and criminalizing the transportation of those workers into the state. The bill, written by Representative George Faught (R) and Senator Ron Justice (R) , makes it a misdemeanor for undocumented immigrants to hold jobs [...]
A Costa Rican court on Wednesday found the country’s former president Miguel Angel Rodriguez guilty of corruption charges and sentenced him to five years imprisonment. Rodriguez, who also served as Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) , accepted more than $800,000 in bribes from global telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent during his presidency, in [...]
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to the federal health care reform law for lack of standing. The suit was brought by Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and six other citizens who alleged that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) violates [...]
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Wednesday filed a corruption lawsuit in a US federal court against a natural gas trading company. In the suit against Swiss-based RosUkrEnergo , Tymoshenko seeks to reverse a decision by the Stockholm Arbitration Court that forced Naftogaz , a Ukrainian state energy company, to return 12.1 billion cubic [...]
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 in AT&T v. Concepcion that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) , which provides for judicial facilitation of private dispute resolution through arbitration when the transaction involves interstate commerce, preempts states from enforcing alternate solutions when arbitration clauses are considered unconscionable. The US Court of Appeals for the [...]
