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International brief ~ HRW urges UN sanctions on Sudan officials over civilian attacks
Leading Thursday's international brief, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that the Sudanese government has entered a prolonged campaign of randomly bombing civilian locations in the Darfur region and asked the UN Security C (More) |
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US 'disappointed' with work of new UN rights body
The Bush administration has been "disappointed" with the work of the newly formed UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news archive], according to US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Lagon during his remarks Wednesda (More) |
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Top DOD lawyers say charged terrorists should see all evidence against them
The Defense Department's top military lawyers testified Thursday before the US House Armed Services Committee , urging Congress to reject White House proposals that would keep some evidence from suspected terrorists who face prosecutions. The B (More) |
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Legal challenges facing Cambodia's garment industry
Andrew Wood : "Cambodia's role in the Textile and Garment (T&G) industry has only recently developed into the nation's largest export industry. With Cambodia's first garment factories opened in 1994, the industry is relatively y (More) |
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UN rights council names panel to probe Israeli war conduct
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday appointed three experts to investigate alleged international law violations by Israel in the ongoing Middle East conflict . The three-person panel was mandated by a resolution , adopted by the HRC earli (More) |
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Peru judge indicts opposition leader for human rights abuses
A Peruvian judge on Thursday indicted Ollanta Humala [COHA profile; BBC report], the opposition leader who narrowly lost the June Peruvian presidential election to present incumbent Alan Garcia , for murder, torture and kidnapping stemming from h (More) |
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New Orleans judge delays prisoner release reviews
New Orleans Parish criminal court Judge Arthur Hunter Thursday deferred a threatened review of prisoner records in anticipation of release which he earlier said he would begin on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Tuesday. Instead, H (More) |
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Argentina ex-president testifies now-annulled 'Dirty War' amnesty laws needed
Former Argentine President Raul Alfonsin has testified that amnesty laws preventing prosecution for human rights abuses during the so-called Dirty War of the late 1970s and early 80s helped to prevent rebellion during the transition from military (More) |
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International Criminal Court lays first charge against Congo militia leader
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday formally charged [ICC press release; indictment, PDF] Thomas Lubanga , founder of the militant Union of Patriotic Congolese , accusing him of en (More) |
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Smoke and Mirrors: The Geneva Conventions in the 21st Century
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that as we celebrate the universality of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, we must recognize that the murder, rape, maiming, mutilation, and pillaging of non-combatants w (More) |
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