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Egypt police clash with demonstrators supporting judges
Protests continue in Egypt over two judges facing disciplinary hearings at Egypt's highest court for their criticism of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. Judges Hisham el-Bastiwi (More) |
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UN rights chief calls on ICC to press prosecution of Darfur war crimes
UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) act more aggressively in prosecuting those suspected of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region shortly (More) |
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UN rights chief welcomes elections to new rights council, but US critical
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday called the election by the UN General Assembly of 47 member states to founding seats on the new UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURI (More) |
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International brief ~ US to request UN resolution on UN peacekeepers in Darfur
Leading Tuesday's international brief, US President George W. Bush has announced that the United States will be asking the UN Security Council to accelerate Sudan's acceptance of UN troops to supplement the struggling African Union peacek (More) |
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Kenya ex-minister accused of corruption launching court challenge against UK ban
Lawyers acting for former Kenyan transport minister Chris Murungaru will appear in the High Court in London on Tuesday to challenge a travel ban imposed last summer to prevent him entering the country. The ban appears to have been prompted by cor (More) |
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International brief ~ Sudan denies accepting UN peacekeepers for Darfur
Leading Monday's international brief, a Sudanese government official has denied reports that Sudan would accept UN peacekeepers in the Darfur region as inaccurate and unfounded. Sudan has continually rejected all attempts to deploy UN peacek (More) |
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International brief ~ Nepal forms judicial commission to investigate protest deaths
Leading Friday's international brief, the newly formed political cabinet in Nepal has agreed on the membership of a judicial commission that will investigate state police and security force actions during pro-democracy protests last month that (More) |
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US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and Ru (More) |
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UN rights chief heads to Darfur on Sudan visit
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST news archive] headed to Darfur Monday as she continued a five-day visit to Sudan to press the government to end the violence and address rights abuses in the region. UN s (More) |
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Sudan government agrees to accept Darfur peace deal
The Sudanese government said Sunday that it is ready to formally accept the peace deal mediated by the African Union for the war-torn region of Darfur . Majzoub al-Khalifa, head of the government negotiating team, said that Sudan is willing to (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.
