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July 7, 2010 03:01:52 PM

Ingrid Burke, Pitt Law '11, writes on the detention of Peter Erlinder, law professor and defense counsel at the ICTR, in light of her recent visit to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda... In a recent piece for JURIST Dateline,...

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Rwanda, ICTR reaffirm cooperation

July 1, 2010 11:44:04 AM

Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and a spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday reaffirmed their cooperation in the prosecution of crimes relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

June 30, 2010 10:32:28 AM

Ingrid Burke, Pitt Law '11, traveled to the ICTR in Tanzania with Professor Charles Jalloh through Pitt Law's Center for International Legal Education... As part of a group of Pitt Law students, I recently had the opportunity to spend three...

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Lawyer freed from Rwanda returns to US

June 22, 2010 01:37:34 PM

US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder returned to the US Tuesday after spending 21 days in a Rwandan prison. Upon his return, Erlinder stated his belief that had he not requested...

June 17, 2010 01:51:22 PM

A Rwandan court on Thursday granted the bail request of US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder . Judge Johnson Busingye of the High Court of Rwanda granted unconditional release [Reuters...

June 16, 2010 10:54:21 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday called for the release of US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder in a letter to Rwanda authorities. Acting on...

June 11, 2010 11:24:27 AM

US Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) on Wednesday introduced a resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release detained US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional profile;...

June 9, 2010 02:32:05 PM

More than 30 defense lawyers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released a joint statement Tuesday calling for the release of detained US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional profile; JURIST...

June 7, 2010 02:12:43 PM

A Rwandan judge on Monday denied the bail request of US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder . Judge Maurice Mbishibishi of the Gasabo Intermediate Court cited flight risk ...

June 5, 2010 10:15:09 AM

US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of Rwanda genocide denial. Rwandan prosecutors claim that as a result of his past American publications on the Rwandan...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.