Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga told the UN Security Council Thursday that the decisions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) not to transfer pending cases to Rwandan jurisdiction, including genocide suspects Jean-Baptiste Gatete and Yussuf Munyakazi undermines his country's judicial reforms and hinders national reconciliation. Ngoga said that "rroneous, factually incorrect assessments" and [...]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged former Countrywide Financial Corporation officials with securities fraud arising from misleading investors. Former CEO Angelo Mozilo was additionally charged with insider trading for selling his stock in the company based on inside information, profiting almost $140 million. The SEC alleges that Mozilo, former president David [...]
The US House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Thursday denied the $60 million requested by President Barack Obama for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by approving a draft bill funding the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for fiscal year 2010 that did not include the requested [...]
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday returned a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire regarding her prior judgments, financial status, potential conflicts of interest, and various other details of her past. The documents, which contain transcripts of past speeches, hearings, and writings, shed light on comments and rulings that have recently been highlighted in the [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to remand the case of two convicted Alaska lawmakers to district court and to release the prisoners on their own recognizance. Admitting that DOJ prosecutors did not disclose all necessary information to the defense during discovery, Attorney [...]
Turkish police on Thursday arrested ten military officers and ten others in connection with an alleged coup plot. The Turkish government linked the arrested men with Ergenekon , a Turkish secular nationalist group that is accused of trying to overthrow Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Turkish police arrested the men nearly simultaneously [...]
AB, et al. v. Ministry of Defense, UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, June 5, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. AB v MOD
Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 4, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Sotomayor Questionnaire
The US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Thursday heard testimony on the state secrets privilege in advance of consideration of the State Secret Protection Act that would reform the assertion of the privilege. Asa Hutchinson , formerly a Republican member of Congress from Arkansas, director of the [...]
Rights groups on Thursday called for Russia to enforce European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgments regarding human rights violations in Chechnya . Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Memorial Human Rights Center and Russian Justice Initiative expressed concerns that the Russian government is not acknowledging the 104 ECHR judgments condemning their refusal to properly investigate [...]
