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30 Jun 2015, 8:26 am
[JURIST] The UNESCO World Heritage Committee [official website] said Monday that extremist groups' destruction of antiquities and heritage sites in conflict zones could amount to war crimes. [read post]
25 Oct 2022, 11:14 am
The post Law Firms Find Balance In Shifting Talent War With Timely Resource Insights appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 9:15 am
Recent briefing filed at the PTAB suggests that the Board is quietly helping China win the war for technological supremacy during the 21st century, mainly by destroying the economic interests of American small businesses innovating in industrial sectors critical to American national security. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 9:41 am
Parties involved in the Syrian conflict committed war crimes against civilians as they fought for control of Aleppo between July and December 2016, according to a report [text, in Spanish] released by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic [official website] on Wednesday. [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 9:54 am
Ahari was sentenced to three-and-half-years [AFP report] for warring against God, known in Islamic law as Moharebeh, two years for conspiracy to commit a crime and six months for propaganda against the government. [read post]
19 Jun 2005, 3:35 am
[JURIST] A leaked British Foreign and Commonwealth Office [official website] memorandum [text] published by the London Sunday Times indicates that British government ministers were forewarned by senior officials that the 2002 US and UK pre-war air strikes against Iraq were illegal under international law. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 9:15 am
Recent briefing filed at the PTAB suggests that the Board is quietly helping China win the war for technological supremacy during the 21st century, mainly by destroying the economic interests of American small businesses innovating in industrial sectors critical to American national security. [read post]
8 Mar 2016, 10:09 am
Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Sunday urged [press release] the African Union to establish a hybrid court to prosecute members of the South Sudan government for war crimes committed in the Western Equatoria region. [read post]
15 May 2019, 1:23 pm
Foster Wheeler LLC and the family of a man who allegedly died from exposure to the company’s asbestos-containing products are engaged in a war of words as the family’s lawsuit heads toward trial in federal court in Baltimore. [read post]
6 Feb 2015, 9:44 am
[JURIST] United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic [official profile] told reporters on Thursday that the warring parties in the South Sudan conflict are close to signing a peace deal. [read post]
23 Nov 2006, 9:23 am
[JURIST] Hunger-striking Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] refused to attend a preliminary hearing Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website], saying his voice was too weak to be able to participate. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 1:53 am
[JURIST] The trial of former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga [ICC materials; JURIST news archive] resumed Thursday after the first witness to testify withdrew his testimony Wednesday, causing the inaugural war crimes trial of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] to adjourn temporarily to assess witness safety. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 3:52 pm
[JURIST] The High Court of Uganda [official website] will not try soldiers from the Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) if they are accused of human rights abuses, according to Wednesday statements by Justice Dan Akiiki-Kiiza [official profile], the head of the Court's War Crimes Division. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 8:32 pm
A new fangled Star Wars type laser device used to detect alcohol vapor has been created by Scientists in Poland. [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 7:44 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution [press release] which extends the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) and imposes travel bans and asset freezes on those suspected of war crimes in the CAR. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 9:31 am
The BBC reported, solemnly, this afternoon that "Ex-spy chief Sir John Scarlett has told the Iraq war inquiry there was "no conscious intention" to manipulate information about Iraq's weapons. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 7:08 pm
Given the track record of the Law of War revision project, smart money probably has to be on the ICRC, even with a 2015 estimate for the first volume in their new series (see here). [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 7:07 am
[JURIST] UK Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald [official profile] said Tuesday that there is no "war on terror" in Britain and warned that inappropriate measures driven by fear threaten an accused's right to a fair trial. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 7:29 am
[JURIST] The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website] on Monday charged former Khmer Rouge [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] leader Ieng Thirith [Trial Watch profile; case materials] with genocide, torture, and persecution, adding to previous charges that include war crimes and murder. [read post]
16 Mar 2006, 11:59 pm
[JURIST] The US Navy [official website] plans to investigate possible war crimes committed by US troops in a November 2005 Iraq firefight that killed 15 civilians, according to a military official speaking on condition of anonymity Thursday. [read post]
