Habyarimana assassination report [Rwanda Mutsinzi Commission]
Report of the Investigation into the Causes and Circumstances of and Responsibility for the Attack of 06/04/1994 Against the Falcon 50 Rwandan Presidential Aeroplane, Registration Number 9XR-NN, Mutsinzi Commission of the Government of the Republic of Rwanda, January 11, 2010...
France court convicts high-profile defendants in Angola arms trade case
A French court convicted several high-profile defendants Tuesday for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola during the 1990s, known as Angolagate . Among those convicted were former interior minister and current senator Charles Pasqua...
The UK House of Lords on Tuesday rejected a proposed amendment that would have barred the prosecution of those who go abroad to help others commit assisted suicide. The proposed provision of the Coroners and...
UK explores granting prisoners voting rights based on sentence length
The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on Wednesday began the second stage of a consultation on giving certain prisoners the right to vote based on the length of their prison terms, seeking public...
Statement on the prison population delivered to UK House of Lords, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, June 19, 2007 .The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Falconer of...
Some UK inmates set for early release to ease prison overcrowding
The UK justice minister told the House of Lords Tuesday that he has given authority to prison governors to "release on licence for offenders who are coming to the end of their sentence" as a...
UK Lord Chancellor seeks reconciliation with judges over new justice ministry
UK Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer , the first Secretary of State of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ) , sought to resolve differences between the judiciary and the government over the recent split of the...
UK CJ says judges, government 'poles apart' on new justice ministry
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales told a British parliamentary committee Tuesday that top judges were very concerned with the establishment of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ) after they and the government...
UK judges press for constitutional safeguards under new justice ministry
A crisis meeting of top British judges Tuesday called for constitutional protections in the face of the British government's creation of a new Ministry of Justice . Members of the Judge's Council and judges on the...
The new UK Ministry of Justice began operations Wednesday, as a controversial split of the traditional Home Office that is setting the British government against the judiciary went into effect. Lord Falconer of Thoroton [official...
