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Sudan insists ICC lacks jurisdiction over alleged Darfur war crimes
Sudanese Justice Minister Mohammed al-Mardi insisted Thursday that the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in the volatile Darfur region and said that Sudanese officials would not submit to (More) |
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ICC prosecutor reports evidence of mass killings in Darfur as crimes probe continues
Luis Moreno Ocampo , chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court , told the UN Security Council Wednesday that his investigation into crimes against humanity in Darfur has documented thousands of killings of civilians, large scale massacre (More) |
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UN reports drop in refugees, increase in internally displaced people
The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by the Office of the United Nations (More) |
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HRW blasts Sudan court for failing to prosecute Darfur war crimes
Human Rights Watch accused Sudan's Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur of failing to accomplish its mission of prosecuting war crimes, in a briefing paper released Thursday. In a press release , a senior HRW counsel said the court (More) |
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Human trafficking still major problem: US report
Progress in eliminating human trafficking which victimizes some 800,000 worldwide is slow, and countries such as Belize, Burma, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe have failed to effectively combat (More) |
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Sudan appeals USS Cole ruling allowing families to sue
A lawyer for the government of Sudan urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the 17 sailors killed in the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole [Wikipedia backgrounder; US DOD inqui (More) |
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Security agenda has thwarted rights progess worldwide: Amnesty annual report
Amnesty International Tuesday condemned what it termed the continuing "sacrifice" of rights to expediency in the war on terror, denounced the US and its allies for turning a blind-eye on human rights abuses or dodging responsibility for v (More) |
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Annan says Sudan violating international humanitarian law with Darfur embargoes
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday that Sudanese trade embargoes in the volatile Darfur region "have prevented the access of civilians to vital goods and constitute a violation of international humanitarian law." In a report Mon (More) |
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Security Council passes resolution on UN peacekeepers in Darfur
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that accelerates planning for a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region . US President Bush last week asked the Council to adopt the resolution, which demands (More) |
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International brief ~ Five former royal cabinet members arrested in Nepal
Leading Friday's international brief, five individuals who served as the political cabinet for King Gyanendra after he dissolved the lawfully elected government in February 2005 have been arrested on charges of "making statements aimed at (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.
