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UN rights chief says nations aren't adequately protecting rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights Monday that nations are falling short of their responsibilities to protect and promote human rights and that greater action must be tak (More) |
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Rwanda genocide ruling [ICTR]
The Prosecutor v. Vicent Rutaganira, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , March 14, 2005 . Excerpt:The Accused knew that during the disturbances that occurred earlier in Kibuye préfecture, Tutsi civilians used to seek refuge in church (More) |
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Rwanda leader gets 6-year sentence for genocide role
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday sentenced Vincent Rutaganira, a former local leader, to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a charge of extermination by omission. In the court's first judgment this year, the cou (More) |
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Rwanda mayor begins genocide appeal
Former Rwandan mayor Juvenal Kajelijeli [official ICTR case history; Trial Watch profile] Monday began his courtroom appeal of a life sentence imposed on himm in 2003 by the UN-created International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Kajelijeli, onetim (More) |
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Six Rwandans sue French soldiers for genocide role
Six Rwandan citizens have filed a lawsuit in France against French soldiers for their role in the Rwanda genocide . The Paris army tribunal, the only court which can try French troops for conduct committed abroad, will decide whether to take the ca (More) |
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Anderson [American U.]: Darfur and genocide
Kenneth Anderson, Washington College of Law, American University:I want to go back to something that everyone has already talked to death - the UN report from a week or two back concluding that although Darfur involves mass murder, it does not meet t (More) |
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International brief ~ Annan reports to Security Council on Sudan
In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did not (More) |
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UN Rwanda tribunal to begin trials of 17
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website; JURIST Hot Topic] is set to begin trials for 17 suspects charged for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, according to prosecutor Hassan Jallow. The new trials will proceed a (More) |
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International tribunal leaders report lack of cooperation, but vow to finish by 2008
Leaders from the UN tribunals for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda have reported to the Security Council that, despite some lack of cooperation by member states in arresting and transfering indicted individuals, they will complete thei (More) |
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International brief ~ UN Security Council travels to Africa for Sudan discussions
The UN Security Council arrives in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday in preparation for its official meetings on the peace process in Sudan on Thursday. The meeting marks only the fourth time that the UN Security Council has ever held official proceedings (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
