Asian and European countries agreed Tuesday to set new international emissions standards by 2009, after a two-day conference in Hamburg, Germany that included representatives from over 40 nations. Supporters of the new deadline said it was necessary in light of the impending 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol , which currently governs international greenhouse gases. [...]
The Bangladeshi interim government arrested seven prominent citizens Tuesday in the latest chapter of its anti-corruption campaign . The military-backed regime detained four former government ministers, two mayors, and an ex-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry . Those arrested included former Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury, former Health Minister Sheikh [...]
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in four cases to be heard next term. In Hall Street v. Mattel (06-989) the court will resolve a circuit split on whether parties may contractually agree to vacate an arbitration award under the Federal Arbitration Act . In Ali v. Federal Board of Prisons (06-9130) the court [...]
In Need of Redevelopment: Repairing New Jersey's Eminent Domain Laws, Abuses and Remedies, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, May 29, 2007 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Opinion No.2/2007 (Myanmar), UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 29, 2007 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., US Supreme Court, May 29, 2007 . Read the court's opinion per Justice Alito, along with a dissent from Justice Ginsburg. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
UK government terrorism law watchdog Lord Carlile of Berriew Tuesday warned against the country opting out of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in the process of adopting tougher anti-terrorism legislation and expanding the scope of control orders . Carlile said he believes opting out of the ECHR would be unnecessary, and would lead [...]
Three Russian deputy police chiefs charged with criminal negligence in connection with their conduct during the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis in which over 300 civilians were killed received amnesty from a Russian court Tuesday. Relatives of the victims, most of whom were children, began vandalizing the courtroom by breaking windows and overturning furniture, forcing [...]
A South Korean appellate court Tuesday upheld the conviction of two Samsung executives connected with illegal stock trading . Tae-Hak Huh and Ro-Bin Park were convicted of breach of duty in 2005 for selling a controlling stake of Samsung holding company Samsung Everland to the son of Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee for approximately [...]
An Iranian appeals court has acquitted human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani of charges related to espionage after he spent seven months in prison, Soltani said Monday. According to Soltani, the appeals court held that there was "no proof" of illegal action on his part. Soltani was sentenced to five years imprisonment for allegedly disclosing confidential [...]
