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22 Feb 2007, 8:31 pm
[JURIST] A US federal judge Thursday sentenced former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park [personal website; Washington Post profile] to five years in prison for his conviction on charges [JURIST reports] of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. [read post]
27 Oct 2005, 7:10 am
[JURIST] More than 2,000 companies around the world paid $1.8 billion in illegal kickbacks to the regime of Saddam Hussein in abusing the now defunct UN oil-for-food program [official website; JURIST news archive], according to parts of a UN investigation obtained Thursday by the Associated Press. [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 12:03 pm
[JURIST] Former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park [personal website; Washington Post profile], was convicted Thursday on charges [JURIST report] of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. [read post]
12 Mar 2003, 6:43 am
[JURIST] At a press conference in London Wednesday, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the UK was discussing further amendments to the second draft UN Security Council resolution [PDF text] (co-sponsored by the US and Spain) it had introduced at the Security Council on March 7, and was circulating six tests for Iraqi compliance:a statement by Saddam Hussein admitting that he has concealed [read post]
6 Apr 2004, 6:31 am
The Bush administration indicated in a report to Congress Tuesday that it was increasing its support of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity set up by the Iraqi Governing Council to try former President Saddam Hussein and other Iraqis suspected of war crimes. [read post]
27 Jan 2003, 10:21 am
Read the indictment [PDF text], which includes excerpts from a letter allegedly written by Regan to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 7:40 am
Simon, the Court will consider whether Iraq has sovereign immunity from the jurisdiction of US courts in cases involving alleged misdeeds that occurred during the Saddam Hussein [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 7:22 am
[JURIST] An Australian government commission investigating Australian participation in the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program [JURIST news archive] in Iraq has recommended that criminal charges be brought against 12 business executives for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report]. [read post]
11 Apr 2006, 1:04 am
[JURIST] Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer [official website] on Tuesday denied that he received or read [PDF transcript] several cables which were sent by diplomats and trade officials to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report] under the UN's now-defunct oil-for-food program [JURIST [read post]
13 Apr 2006, 4:11 am
[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister John Howard [official profile] testified [transcript, PDF] Thursday before a government commission and said that he had not seen several cables [press conference, text] sent to his office which were meant to warn the Australian government that the country's leading wheat exporter was paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime [JURIST report] between 1997 [read post]
17 Nov 2010, 9:25 am
Aziz, who served in the government of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive] as both the foreign minister and deputy prime minister, was sentenced to death [JURIST report] last month by the Iraqi High Criminal Court. [read post]
13 Aug 2007, 1:03 am
[JURIST] Iraqi prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi announced additional charges Monday against Saddam Hussein's cousin and former Iraqi defense minister Ali Hassan al-Majid [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] for the violent response to the predominately Shi'a uprising [HRW backgrounder] in southern Iraq following the 1991 Persian Gulf War. [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 8:43 am
On June 24, 2007, the Iraqi High Tribunal convicted "Chemical Ali" (Ali Hassan al-Majid) and five other military leaders of Saddam Hussein's regime of international crimes related to their roles in a three-year crackdown of northern Iraqi Kurds known as the Anfal campaign. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 2:45 am
Al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein, was sentenced to death [JURIST report] by the Iraqi [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 12:43 pm
The best law blog category includes: How Appealing; Becker-Posner; Blawg IT; Balkanization; Concurring Opinions; Consumer Law and Policy Blog; The Grotian Moment: Saddam Hussein Trial Blog; IMPACT; The Volokh Conspiracy; and JURIST - Paper Chase. [read post]
24 Oct 2008, 1:51 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [opinion, PDF] the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the Kingdom of Jordan [official website; JURIST news archive] by Ahmad Chalabi [BBC profile; INC profile, in Arabic], who led the US-backed Iraqi opposition movement during the regime of Saddam Hussein. [read post]
29 Jul 2005, 8:52 am
[JURIST] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [Wikipedia profile] on Thursday praised the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website; JURIST news archive], a court created to try Saddam Hussein and his allies, and vowed to protect members from purges [JURIST report] because of their earlier roles in the Baath party. [read post]
18 Mar 2003, 3:36 pm
[JURIST] Tuesday's Los Angeles Times notes that American international law scholars are divided on whether military action against Iraq would be legal:Many experts in international law question the legal basis for war, since the United Nations did not authorize the use of force to oust Saddam Hussein, either in 1990 or last fall. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 6:44 pm
[JURIST] Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi [personal website, in Arabic; EPIC profile, PDF] said Thursday that he is opposed to a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party [BBC backgrounder] to be reinstated to public life. [read post]
17 May 2010, 12:31 pm
[JURIST] The appeals court for Iraq's Justice and Accountability Commission on Monday overturned a ban on nine newly elected members of parliament accused of having ties to the banned Baath Party [BBC backgrounder].The ad hoc commission was created to eliminate Iraqi officials with potential connections to regime of Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive], who led the Baath party during his presidency. [read post]
