The German Bundestag approved a bill Tuesday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's parliament had previously approved the treaty , the German Constitutional Court ruled in June that the treaty could not be ratified without certain parliamentary reforms ensuring Germany's [...]
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday that international co-prosecutor William Smith recommends investigating five more potential war criminals in what would be the court's final investigations. The announcement came a day after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed hope that the Court would cease to prosecute those suspected of war [...]
British officials met Tuesday with lawyers for victims of Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombings in the 1980s and 90s to discuss seeking compensation from Libya. The meeting came after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday that that British government would support efforts to win compensation from the Libyan government, which is accused of providing the [...]
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday accepted the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora , a key player in Mexico's efforts against drug cartels and drug-related violence. Medina Mora will be replaced by the former attorney general of a northern Mexican state, Arturo Chavez. In his address to the media, Calderon said: Mr. Medina [...]
The administration of US President Barack Obama has improved government transparency over the Bush administration, but there is more that should be done, according a report released Tuesday OpenTheGovernment.org , a coalition of public interest groups. The Secrecy Report Card 09 provides a non-quantitative overview of the first six months of the Obama administration, finding [...]
National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, September 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007.
Beschlussempfehlung und Bericht des Rechtaussschusses…Entwurf eines Zweiten Gesetzes zur Anderung des Gesetzes zur Aurfhebung nationalsozialistizcher unrechtsurteile in der strafrechtsplflege, German Bundestag, September 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here.
Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Paterson, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, September 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Umsetzung der Grundgesetzänderungen für dieRatifizierung des Vertrags von Lissabon (Draft law implementing the Basic Law, amendments to the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon), German Bundestag, September 8, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the Lisbon Treaty.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday reiterated calls for the UN to establish an international tribunal to investigate and try suspects accused in the August 19 bombing of the foreign and finance ministries that left close to 100 dead. Meeting with the US envoy in Iraq, al-Maliki also described the worsening situation between Iraq [...]
