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Catch-22 in Uganda: The LRA, the ICC, and the Peace Process
JURIST Guest Columnists Amy Ross of the University of Georgia Department of Geography and Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), say that as the Ugandan government starts peace talks with the (More) |
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India detains hundreds in Mumbai bombing investigation
Indian authorities have detained approximately 350 people for questioning in connection with Tuesday's Mumbai train bombings , which killed over 200 people and wounded 700. Police Inspector S. Goshal said Thursday that none of the detainees hav (More) |
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Uganda official asks ICC to quash LRA war crimes indictments
Ugandan Security Minister Amama Mbabazi on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to retract its indictments against several leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) for war crimes in an effort to encourage senior LRA rebels (More) |
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Uganda rebels reject amnesty offer
Rebels in Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rejected an offer of amnesty from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni [official website; BBC profile] on Friday, calling the offer redundant. Museveni promised rebel leader Joseph Kony conditio (More) |
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ICC renews demand for arrest of Uganda rebel leader
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony must be arrested, a spokesman for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Wednesday, a day after Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni [official website; BBC profile] promised Kony conditional amnesty . The ICC spo (More) |
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Trying Habre in Senegal: An African Solution to an African Problem?
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), says that the favorable response by Senegal's president to an African Union call that former Chadian president Hissene Habre b (More) |
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Uganda president pledges conditional amnesty to LRA leader indicted by ICC
Joseph Kony , leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [Global Security backgrounder; BBC backgrounder] in Uganda, will be granted amnesty if upcoming LRA negotiations with the southern Sudanese government proceed smoothly and if he reno (More) |
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Europe rights court says eight years solitary for 'Carlos the Jackal' no violation
The appeals chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled [ECHR press release; ruling text] Tuesday that eight years solitary confinement in a French prison for the convicted assassin and terrorist known popularly as Carlos the (More) |
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UN official urges Security Council to protect civilians better in armed conflict
The UN's top humanitarian expert told the UN Security Council Wednesday that immediate action must to be taken to prevent civilian deaths in ongoing armed conflicts in several countries. Jan Egeland , UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitari (More) |
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Uganda rebel leader wanted by ICC insists he is "not guilty"
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony told the Times of London in an interview published Wednesday that he was "not guilty" of atrocities attributed to him, describing himself as a "freedom fighter" rather than a terrorist. Kony, lea (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.
