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ICC seeking UN peacekeepers' help in arresting Uganda rebel leader
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will enlist the help of UN peacekeepers in arresting Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony [JURIST news archive, BBC profile], according to a Reuters report Saturday. A document dated December 8 posted on the ICC (More) |
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Uganda officials say rebel leader willing to face justice at home, not at ICC
Ugandan officials said Wednesday that Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army , has expressed a willingness to face justice in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court . ICC prosecutors charged Kony and four LRA (More) |
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Sudan to cooperate with UN rights council mission: justice minister
Sudanese Justice Minister Mohammed Ali al-Mardhi has indicated that Sudan will cooperate with a UN Human Rights Council mission investigating human rights abuses in Darfur , according to reports Monday in local Sudanese media. The Human Rights Cou (More) |
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ICC prosecutor says Darfur case ready by February
Luis Moreno-Ocampo , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court , told the UN Security Council Thursday that his investigation into crimes committed in Darfur is almost complete, noting that he is "preparing to submit evidence to t (More) |
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UN rights council sending mission to Darfur
In a special session Wednesday the UN Human Rights Council approved a resolution to send a mission to Sudan to investigate human rights abuses in Darfur . Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba announced his intent to appoint five "highly qua (More) |
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Arbitrary arrests in Central African Republic violate international law: Amnesty
The Central African Republic (CAR) has violated international law by arbitrarily detaining people, holding detainees for extended periods without charges and trials, and maintaining prisons in degrading conditions, according to a study released Th (More) |
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UN rights council to hold special session on Darfur
The UN Human Rights Council agreed Thursday to hold a special session to look into human rights abuses committed in the Darfur region of Sudan. The rights body, established earlier this year to replace the beleaguered Human Rights Commission, ha (More) |
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Annan urges UN rights body to avoid politics, focus more on Darfur
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Wednesday urged the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to avoid the "political maneuvering" that plagued the rights body's predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission , telling the 47 member states that the (More) |
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ICC prosecutor says first trial could begin in 2007, Darfur charges coming soon
International Criminal Court [official website; JURIST news archive] chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that the tribunal could start its first formal trial in 2007 if judges confirmed charges against Congo militia leader Thomas Lub (More) |
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UN committee wants 'political' condemnations for rights abuses halted
The UN General Assembly Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs has approved a draft resolution calling for an end to politically motivated condemnations of countries for human rights violations. The resolution, adopted Thursd (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
