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German constitutional court declines to rule on EU charter
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has refused to rule on whether the European Constitution conforms with the German Constitution until a final decision on its ratification has been made. The German parliament ratified the document last ye (More) |
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Military Commissions Act argued unconstitutional
Lawyers representing detainees held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday petitioned [brief, PDF; second brief, PDF] the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare a portion of the Military Commissions Act of 20 (More) |
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Bush insists US 'doesn't torture' despite Cheney comment
President George W. Bush insisted Friday that the US does not torture prisoners when asked whether he agreed with a comment by Vice President Dick Cheney that a "dunk in the water" is a "no-brainer" when it comes to interrogatin (More) |
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Gonzales takes defense of Military Commissions Act to JAG conference
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile; JURIST news archive] defended the new Military Commissions Act of 2006 Monday before an audience of senior military lawyers, insisting it gives enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay &qu (More) |
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A Tree Fell in the Forest: The Nuremberg Judgments 60 Years On
JURIST Guest Columnist and former Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor Henry King, Jr., now at Case Western Law School, and JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone now at Syracuse University Co (More) |
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Senator calls for DOJ to appeal dismissal of Lay conviction
US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has urged the US Justice Department to appeal this week's federal court ruling vacating the conviction [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] of former Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay . Feinstein wrote to US Attorney (More) |
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Myanmar government failing to investigate rights abuse allegations: UN
Repeated allegations of widespread human rights abuses in Myanmar continue to go uninvestigated by the military government and its inaction remains the primary obstacle to securing human rights in the country, according to a new UN report presente (More) |
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Portugal parliament approves abortion legalization referendum
Portugal's Parliament Thursday approved holding a national referendum allowing voters to decide on making abortion legal up until the 10th week of pregnancy. Current Portuguese abortion law allows the procedure up until the 12th week of pregna (More) |
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Georgian Republic says Russia treatment of illegal immigrants 'inhuman'
The government of the Georgian Republic on Tuesday publicly accused Russia of inhuman treatment and committing "gross violations" of international standards while rounding up Georgian nationals for deportation. One Georgian man died at (More) |
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Congo military court seeks war crimes trial for foreigners involved in Kilwa incident
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recommended that three ex-employees of Anvil Mining , an Australian company, be tried for complicity in war crimes committed by Congolese government soldiers in 2004. The crimes alleged to ha (More) |
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