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5 Apr 2008, 3:21 am
[JURIST] A former Argentinean army officer and two adoptive parents were convicted Friday of kidnapping and falsifying the identity [JURIST report] of Maria Eugenia Sampallo Barragan, a woman who was kidnapped during the 1976-1983 "Dirty War" [Global Security backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 12:57 pm
[JURIST] Argentine federal Judge Alberto Suarez Araujo ruled Wednesday that former president Reynaldo Bignone [Wikipedia profile] will face criminal charges for his alleged role in disappearances and human rights abuses during Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 12:24 pm
Rome's Legal Legacy and the Justification of War and Empire in International Law Roman law and other texts dealing with Roman armed expansion and warfare were among the most influential traditions in the 16th and 17th century development of the law of nations in Europe and in European imperial expansion. [read post]
17 Jul 2005, 5:04 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] has called for ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor, currently in exile in Nigeria, to stand trial before the Special Court for Sierra Leone [JURIST news archive] on 17 counts of war crimes committed during his 15-year rule. [read post]
9 Sep 2004, 4:45 am
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has rejected an appeal by the Prosecutor's Office to overturn a trial ruling that the six individuals, charged with various war crimes, be released pending an upcoming trial. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 2:53 am
[JURIST] A panel of the UK Law Lords [official website], the legal members of the House of Lords who constitute the UK's highest court, ruled [judgment] unanimously Wednesday that British police infringed the rights of anti-war protestors traveling to a demonstration [Fairford Coach Action website] outside a Royal Air Force base near Fairford, Gloucestershire, in March 2003 by stopping their [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 5:07 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official website] said Thursday that it is unclear [BBC report] whether Israel and Palestine have fully met UN demands [JURIST report] to set up a commission to investigate war crimes that may occurred during the Gaza conflict [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
10 Nov 2019, 7:53 am
“Ad war heats up Louisiana Supreme Court race with a week to go”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. [read post]
11 Nov 2005, 7:50 am
[JURIST] Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website], said Friday during a visit to Belgrade that the tribunal is becoming impatient [ICTY press release] with Serbia's "endless delays" in handing over war crimes fugitives, including Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic. [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 10:04 am
[JURIST] Italy Thursday requested the extradition of 139 South Americans accused of kidnapping and murdering 25 Italian dissidents during Argentina's Dirty War [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in the 1970s and 80s. [read post]
7 Jan 2008, 8:08 am
[JURIST] Argentinian coast guard officer and torture suspect Hector Febres [TrialWatch profile] may have been murdered to prevent him from disclosing human rights violations committed during Argentina's Dirty War [Global Security backgrounder; JURIST news archive], according a resolution written by Argentinian Judge Sandra Arroyo reported by Reuters Monday. [read post]
26 Jun 2011, 7:23 am
Thomas also addressed the "communications war" involving the $3 billion research endeavor along with the dual executive arrangement at CIRM. [read post]
24 Oct 2006, 7:47 am
[JURIST] The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website] has ruled that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj [BBC profile; ICTY case backgrounder] can act as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial. [read post]
5 Aug 2006, 5:35 am
[JURIST] US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] Saturday called on Hezbollah [CFR backgrounder] to immediately stop launching rockets into civilian areas [HRW statement] within Israel, saying their actions constitute "war crimes. [read post]
4 Oct 2020, 10:30 am
“A new health care war is brewing as the Supreme Court makeup sets to shift”: Tom Howell Jr. of The Washington Times has an article that begins, “Conservatives yearn for a Supreme Court ruling against Obamacare next year that President Trump says will clear the way for a ‘far better’ replacement. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 9:30 am
Boston Globe, Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food: Ben Edelman is an associate professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. ... [read post]
26 Sep 2005, 4:56 pm
[JURIST] Leading Monday's international brief, UN Special Representative on the Prevention of Genocide Juan Mendez [UN appointment profile] has slammed the domestic war crimes court [JURIST report] set up in Sudan [government website] earlier this year, saying it has failed to deal with "the major crimes committed during the conflict. [read post]
4 Oct 2006, 1:33 am
[JURIST] A US soldier who deserted to Canada in 2005 rather than continue fighting in what he calls an "illegal" Iraq war turned himself in Tuesday near Fort Knox, Kentucky [official website]. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 2:17 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard [academic profile] said Friday that Israel's recent attack on a Hamas government office in Gaza which injured around 50 civilians and the killings of some 40 Palestinians in the past week should be considered war crimes [statement], noting that the attacks violate the Fourth Geneva Convention's ban on [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 12:11 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomás Ojea Quintana released a report [text, PDF] Friday castigating the government of Myanmar for long-standing human rights abuses and said some of those might qualify as war crimes prosecutable by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. [read post]
