US District Judge Samuel Kent pleaded guilty on Monday to obstruction of justice charges in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of his secretary and former case manager. The plea agreement included an admission that the sexual conduct was not consensual, in exchange for dropping five other counts of inappropriate sexual conduct with employees. The [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Monday that a long-awaited decision on a controversial arrest warrant sought for Sudanese head of state Omar al-Bashir would be rendered on March 4. The court said that "onsidering that there have been numerous rumors over the past weeks on the possible date and outcome of this decision … [...]
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari to a Chicago federal corruption case. Three former aides to Chicago Mayor Richard Daley appealed their convictions on charges of mail fraud related to granting city jobs to political supporters. Appellants Robert Sorich, Timothy McCarthy, and Patrick Slattery asserted that [...]
Spanish Minister of Justice Mariano Fernandez Bermejo resigned on Monday due to mounting pressure following allegations that he interfered with a judicial investigation during a hunting trip with Judge Baltasar Garzon . The hunting expedition occurred just days before the launch of Garzon's investigation into corruption charges against the conservative Popular Party (PP) , but [...]
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In United States v. Navajo Nation , the Court heard arguments on whether the Court's earlier decision in the case foreclosed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the US federal government breached its fiduciary duties in connection [...]
Myanmar's military government has granted amnesty to 23 political detainees and more than 6,300 other prisoners, Thailand-based human rights group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said Sunday. Among those freed were members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, including Zaw Myint Maung , who had been imprisoned for more than 18 years. Myanmar's [...]
UN assistant secretary general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen stated Monday that significant progress was made during discussions of corruption alleged to exist in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . Taksoe-Jensen commented that he and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An had gone over a possible anti-corruption mechanism for the court. [...]
Belgium filed suit against Senegal in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, asserting that the ICJ must intervene because the nations are in disagreement over the prosecution of former Chadian President Hissene Habre for alleged crimes against humanity. The complaint also contained "a request for the indication of provisional measures in order to [...]
Human rights group Amnesty International (AI) on Monday called for the UN to place an arms embargo on Israel and Hamas, responding to the UN's report that both parties used foreign-supplied weapons during the recent fighting in Gaza. The UN found that weapons from more than 20 countries were used during the Gaza conflict , [...]
Released Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed was returned to the UK on Monday after being held for nearly seven years. Mohamed had immigrated from Ethiopia to the UK prior to his arrest, and it is not yet known whether he will be permitted to remain in the country, whose government he has repeatedly accused of [...]
