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Hyde UN reform bill would allow dissatisfied US to cut dues by 50%
Republican Congressman Henry Hyde , chair of the House International Relations Committee, introduced legislation in the US House of Representatives Tuesday calling for broad reforms to the UN. The UN Reform Act of 2005 alleges that the organization (More) |
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International brief ~ Sudan will not challenge ICC Darfur crimes probe
Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has told reporters that the Sudan government is not planning to challenge the recently announced probe into Darfur by the International Criminal Court . Isma (More) |
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ICC launches Darfur investigation
The International Criminal Court announced Monday the opening of its investigation into reports of war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan after the UN Security Council referred the Darfur situation to it earlier thus year and UN investigators p (More) |
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International brief ~ Turk president vetoes penal code provision on Koran teaching
Leading Friday's international brief, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer Friday vetoed a part of the new penal code {JURIST report] approved by the Turkish Parliament that would have lowered the penalty for anyone caught teaching the Koran o (More) |
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Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Baylis of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Darfur may be a dream case for the International Criminal Court, the value of the International Criminal Court for Darfur is yet to be seen... On Marc (More) |
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International brief ~ Mugabe orders halt to mass evictions and arrests
Leading Thursday's international brief, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has announced a halt to the current nationwide police crackdown against illegal and black market merchants and unauthorized dwellings that has allegedly resulted in the e (More) |
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International brief ~ Sudan minister says aid workers should not have been arrested
Leading Wednesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said today that two Dutch international aid workers affiliated should not have been arrested for allegedly falsifying a report on rape in Darfur . Paul Fore (More) |
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Sudan arrests second Dutch MSF aid worker over rape report
The Sudanese government Tuesday arrested the Darfur coordinator for the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) , the second arrest of an MSF aid worker in two days. Vince Hoedt was detained over a March 2005 report alleging mass rape in the (More) |
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Sudan arrests MSF Dutch chairman for not naming sources in rape report
The State Crimes Prosecutor for Sudan has ordered the arrest of Paul Foreman, the head of the Dutch wing of Medecins San Frontieres who published a report in March entitled The Crushing Burden of Rape: Sexual Violence in Darfur which alleged mass (More) |
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African Union seeks $480m for Sudan peacekeeping
International donors and African countries meet Thursday to discuss increasing their support for the African Union's peacekeeping efforts. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and AU Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré will host the conference, which (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
