Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007, November 15, 2007 . —————– Now, therefore, in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the 3rd day of November, 2007 and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Chief of Army Staff is pleased to make and promulgate the following Order:- 1. (1) This Order [...]

General Pervez Musharraf Thursday amended the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) issued under the country's declaration of emergency rule on November 3 to allow the country's president to revoke the state of emergency. The original PCO was issued by Musharraf in capacity as head of the military, but Musharraf said earlier this week that he expected [...]

Rwandan investigators delivered a report Friday to Rwandan President Paul Kagame on alleged French involvement in the 1994 genocide in the African nation. Specific details have not yet been disclosed, but Rwandan Attorney General Tharcisse Karugarama told Reuters that "the report does implicate very heavily different key players in the Rwandan genocide." He added that [...]

The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution , including Singapore, Egypt, and Botswana, argued before the committee Wednesday that it would infringe on nations' sovereignty, and presented a list of 14 last-minute [...]

More than 1,000 suspected human rights abusers from 85 countries are currently living in the United States, according to to a statement delivered by Marcy Forman, director of the Investigations Office of the US Department of Homeland Security , to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. Forman noted that Immigration [...]

A New York appellate court unanimously upheld the convictions of former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz Thursday, rejecting arguments that the pair had been convicted of grand larceny, securities fraud and falsifying business records on insufficient evidence. The court affirmed their eight to 25-year prison sentences and fines of [...]

US President George W. Bush Thursday announced five nominations for top posts in the US Department of Justice (DOJ), including a federal judge sitting in Chicago for the number two spot. Bush's nominations include: US District Judge Mark Filip for deputy attorney general; US Attorney Kevin O'Connor for associate attorney general; Acting Associate General Attorney [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Paulo Sergio Pinheiro said Friday that he obtained enough information from a five-day visit to Myanmar to determine the number of people killed during September's crackdown on pro-democracy protests . Pinheiro said he will compile his findings and report them to the UN Human Rights Council in December. Pinheiro [...]

The US House of Representatives passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") by a margin of 227-187 late Thursday without including a provision that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies that aided the US government in its domestic surveillance program . The House Judiciary [...]

US President George W. Bush on Thursday criticized the Senate's judicial confirmation process as overzealous and said the legislature's constitutional mandate to "advise and consent" can be turned into a method by which to "search and destroy" a nominee's reputation. In a speech Thursday evening at the 2007 National Lawyers Convention hosted by the Federalist [...]