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News ICC investigating alleged Guinea military violence
ICC investigating alleged Guinea military violence
Ximena Marinero
October 15, 2009 07:53:00 am

Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo confirmed Wednesday that the Guinean military is under preliminary investigation for the September 28 incident at a Conakry pro-democracy rally...

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News Chile to apply antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous dissidents
Chile to apply antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous dissidents
Ximena Marinero
October 15, 2009 06:43:00 am

Chilean Subsecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende announced Tuesday that Chile will use a 1984 antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous Mapuches for attacks allegedly committed in the southern region of Araucania. The...

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News Rwanda genocide suspect pleads not guilty
Rwanda genocide suspect pleads not guilty
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 14, 2009 04:58:00 pm

Former Hutu intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to charges related to his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on property seizure, attorney’s fees
Supreme Court hears arguments on property seizure, attorney’s fees
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 14, 2009 12:15:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Alvarez v. Smith , the Court heard arguments on whether the due process clause...

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News International convention needed to combat organ trafficking: report
International convention needed to combat organ trafficking: report
Amelia Mathias
October 14, 2009 10:00:00 am

An international convention is needed to protect the victims of organ, tissue, and cell (OTC) trafficking, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Council of Europe (COE) and the UN. The...

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News Senate Finance Committee approves health care reform bill
Senate Finance Committee approves health care reform bill
Amelia Mathias
October 14, 2009 09:10:00 am

The US Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to approve a health care reform bill Tuesday. The America's Healthy Future Act, introduced by committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) , would require most...

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News ICTY appeals chamber upholds rejection of Karadzic ‘immunity’ claim
ICTY appeals chamber upholds rejection of Karadzic ‘immunity’ claim
Matt Glenn
October 14, 2009 08:25:00 am

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) dismissed an appeal claiming immunity by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in a ruling released Tuesday....

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News Spain judge charges accused Somali pirates
Spain judge charges accused Somali pirates
Matt Glenn
October 14, 2009 07:33:00 am

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon charged two suspected Somali pirates accused of helping take over the Alakrana, a Spanish ship currently under the control of Somali Pirates. The suspects, Abdou Willy and Raagegeesey, were charged with 36 counts...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on intervening in Carolina water dispute
Supreme Court hears arguments on intervening in Carolina water dispute
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 13, 2009 03:30:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in three cases. In South Carolina v. North Carolina , the Court heard arguments on whether...

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News Czech court to hold public hearing on challenges to EU reform treaty
Czech court to hold public hearing on challenges to EU reform treaty
Jay Carmella
October 13, 2009 02:26:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic announced Tuesday that it will hold a public hearing on October 27 regarding a challenge to the country's signing of the European Union (EU) reform treaty, known as...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.

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