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Libya denies ICC request to hand over Gaddafi son
Katherine Getty
April 5, 2012 11:41:17 am

Libya's National Transitional Council on Thursday refused a request from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libyan officials have stated...

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News Connecticut Senate passes death penalty repeal
Connecticut Senate passes death penalty repeal
Keith Herting
April 5, 2012 11:29:12 am

The Connecticut State Senate on Thursday passed SB 280 , a bill which would end the sentencing of future Connecticut criminals to the death penalty. The bill was passed by a vote of 20-16 and...

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DOJ to respond to judge’s order to explain Obama statements on health care rulings
Jennie Ryan
April 5, 2012 10:42:41 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will respond to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the federal courts' authority to strike down...

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Chile Congress passes anti-discrimination law
Saheli Chakrabarty
April 5, 2012 09:16:11 am

The Chilean House of Deputies passed an anti-discrimination law on Wednesday in response to the killing of a 24-year-old gay man, Daniel Zamudio, by a group of alleged neo-Nazis in Santiago,...

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First Circuit hears arguments on Defense of Marriage Act
Julia Zebley
April 5, 2012 07:02:28 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard arguments on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Wednesday, in the first appellate hearing on...

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News Mladic pleads not guilty to all charges of war crimes
Mladic pleads not guilty to all charges of war crimes
Julia Zebley
April 5, 2012 06:01:50 am

Former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic pleaded not guilty to all charges in a pre-trial brief released Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

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DOD refers charges against 9/11 suspects to military commission
Maureen Cosgrove
April 4, 2012 02:43:28 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) referred charges to a military commission on Wednesday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators being held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

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News HRW urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to end discrimination against Roma
HRW urges Bosnia and Herzegovina to end discrimination against Roma
Saheli Chakrabarty
April 4, 2012 12:44:07 pm

Roma , Jews and Ukrainians in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face exclusion from politics and public institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report identified the 1995 Bosnian Constitution as...

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ASEAN agrees to extend human rights protections
Max Slater
April 4, 2012 12:33:59 pm

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday agreed to strengthen human rights protections during its annual summit. ASEAN Chairman Hun Sen , who is also Prime Minister of Cambodia,...

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Brazil prosecutor files second lawsuit against Chevron for oil spills
Rebecca DiLeonardo
April 4, 2012 12:25:19 pm

A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday filed a second $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company reported a new leak in its Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Eduardo Santos de Oliviera filed the first...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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