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News Federal judge halts Michigan recount
Federal judge halts Michigan recount
Autumn Callan
December 8, 2016 01:11:45 pm

A federal judge dissolved the decision from earlier this week and halted the Michigan recount on Wednesday. Judge Mark Goldsmith of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan had entered a temporary restraining...

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News Federal judge orders Michigan recount of presidential ballots
Federal judge orders Michigan recount of presidential ballots
Autumn Callan
December 5, 2016 02:44:10 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ordered Michigan to proceed with a presidential ballot recount early Monday morning. The recount was originally scheduled to start December 2 but was delayed due...

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News UN commission: ethnic cleansing underway in South Sudan
UN commission: ethnic cleansing underway in South Sudan
Autumn Callan
December 1, 2016 01:45:31 pm

A UN commission on human rights in South Sudan warned Thursday that ethnic cleansing is taking place in some areas of the country. Chairwoman for the commission, Yasmin Sooka, said, "here is already a steady process of ethnic...

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New UN SG urges peacekeepers to respect human rights
Autumn Callan
November 28, 2016 02:33:42 pm

UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres said while visiting Beijing on Monday that he wants UN peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights. Guterres stressed the need "to make sure that there is an effective combination...

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News Charleston church shooter guilty plea offer rejected by government
Charleston church shooter guilty plea offer rejected by government
Autumn Callan
November 26, 2016 03:43:08 pm

The government refused a plea offer from accused white supremacist Dylann Roof on Friday. Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, offered to plead guilty in exchange...

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New York governor launches anti-hate crime initiative
Autumn Callan
November 21, 2016 02:24:56 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled statewide initiatives to combat hate crime and protect civil rights on Sunday. While addressing the congregation at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church he proposed the addition of a hate crimes unit...

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UN rights expert: strengthen CAR justice system to achieve peace
Autumn Callan
November 17, 2016 01:26:53 pm

An independent UN human rights expert said Wednesday that strengthening the justice system in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) is essential to achieving peace. Marie-Thérèse Keita-Bocoum was speaking before a conference on the CAR held in Brussels on...

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UN urges DRC to adopt inclusive electoral calendar
Autumn Callan
November 14, 2016 01:43:08 pm

Delegates from the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday called on officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to take greater responsibility to adopt a consensual and inclusive electoral calendar. A weekend...

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News Amnesty urges Myanmar to align prison reforms with human rights
Amnesty urges Myanmar to align prison reforms with human rights
Autumn Callan
November 10, 2016 12:41:32 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Myanmar's Parliament to align its draft prisons law with international human rights laws and standards. The draft prisons law, designed to repeal the 1894 Prisons Act, the 1900 Prisoners Act...

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UN approved Genocide Convention

On December 9, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly approved the first world treaty criminalizing genocide. See the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For much more information, read Professor William Schabas' 1999 report The Genocide Convention at Fifty.

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On December 9, 2000, the US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to suspend the ongoing recount of Presidential election results in Florida. Three days later, the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore, quashed the recount entirely, holding it unconstitutional. Learn more about the Florida recount from the JURIST archives.

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