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DRC court begins trial over death of rights activist Chebeya

November 12, 2010 12:51:49 PM

The trial of eight men accused of killing Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) human rights activist Floribert Chebeya began in the capital city of Kinshasa on Friday. The eight accused men are all DRC policemen, but...

October 13, 2010 12:06:26 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Congolese government to arrest Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes....

July 12, 2010 10:59:27 AM

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday denied the stay of proceedings request of accused Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga filed the appeal in June seeking a stay...

April 4, 2010 03:48:00 PM

The Rwandan Supreme Court ruled on Saturday that the plea for release by Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda can only be heard by a military court. According to Nkunda's counsel, Aime...

September 25, 2009 03:04:00 PM

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday upheld the admissibility of the case against former Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga . Katanga had argued that charges of...

April 21, 2009 07:42:00 AM

A Rwandan court rejected a lawsuit brought by captured Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda seeking his release from Rwandan custody. Nkunda was apprehended by Rwandan authorities in January near the DRC border after...

January 24, 2009 05:22:00 PM

The legal fate of captured Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Laurent Nkunda remained unclear Saturday, days after his surprise arrest in Rwanda. Nkunda was apprehended Thursday near the border with the DRC after a joint...

November 9, 2008 03:46:00 PM

UN Peacekeeping Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (MUNOC) head Alan Doss on Saturday condemned recent killings of civilians by militias in the country as war crimes. Doss made the...

November 5, 2008 01:32:00 AM

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday reasserted that the ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in the Congolese province of North and South Kivu in the wake...

April 29, 2008 11:31:00 AM

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday made public an arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda, who is accused of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The arrest warrant...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).