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News Rights group urges UN to cooperate with ICC relationship agreement
Rights group urges UN to cooperate with ICC relationship agreement
Carrie Schimizzi
January 14, 2011 09:35:44 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged the United Nations (UN) not to aid alleged international war criminals after they provided transportation to Amhad Harun , whose arrest warrant was issued...

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News Kazakhstan parliament approves plan for presidential term extension referendum
Kazakhstan parliament approves plan for presidential term extension referendum
Carrie Schimizzi
December 29, 2010 01:15:15 pm

Both houses of the Kazakhstan Parliament on Wednesday agreed to hold a referendum proposing to extend the term of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020, bypassing two presidential elections. Nazarbayev's current term is set...

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News Microsoft co-founder re-files patent suit
Microsoft co-founder re-files patent suit
Carrie Schimizzi
December 29, 2010 01:02:00 pm

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen on Tuesday filed an amended patent infringement complaint against Apple, eBay, Google and eight other corporations claiming the companies misappropriated technologies patented by Allen's now defunct Interval Research Corporation and currently...

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News Kosovo PM named in Council of Europe organ trafficking report
Kosovo PM named in Council of Europe organ trafficking report
Carrie Schimizzi
December 15, 2010 02:04:17 pm

Kosovar Prime Minister Hasham Thaci was named Tuesday in a draft report by Council of Europe member Dick Marty as the "boss" of an illegal criminal enterprise that trafficked human...

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News Rights group warns Australia detainee transfer program may violate international law
Rights group warns Australia detainee transfer program may violate international law
Carrie Schimizzi
December 15, 2010 12:59:44 pm

Australia's new Afghan detainee transfer policy may violate international human rights laws , Amnesty International (AI) warned Tuesday. The new detainee management system, announced Tuesday by Australian Minister of Defence Stephen Smith ,...

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News Top Croatia official arrested for war crimes
Top Croatia official arrested for war crimes
Carrie Schimizzi
December 11, 2010 01:12:46 pm

Croatian police on Friday arrested a former senior member of the nation's ruling party for alleged war crimes he committed against Serbian civilians in 1991 during the Serbo-Croatian war . The arrest of former interior ministry official Tomislav...

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News Germany court rejects El-Masri CIA rendition suit
Germany court rejects El-Masri CIA rendition suit
Carrie Schimizzi
December 11, 2010 12:18:13 pm

A German administrative court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Khaled El-Masri seeking the arrest and extradition of 13 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents whom El-Masri claims kidnapped and illegally detained...

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News Switzerland voters approve deportation for non-citizens who commit crimes
Switzerland voters approve deportation for non-citizens who commit crimes
Carrie Schimizzi
November 29, 2010 08:31:15 am

Swiss voters on Sunday approved by a 52.9 percent majority a "Deportation Initiative" that would amend the Swiss Constitution to allow the immediate deportation of foreigners who commit certain criminal offenses. The list of...

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News Ontario court sentences ‘Toronto 18’ member to 10 years
Ontario court sentences ‘Toronto 18’ member to 10 years
Carrie Schimizzi
November 27, 2010 01:33:31 pm

A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Friday sentenced Steven Vikash Chand, a man previously convicted in connection with the failed Toronto 18 terrorist plot, to...

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News Council of Europe passes resolutions aimed at judicial reform
Council of Europe passes resolutions aimed at judicial reform
Carrie Schimizzi
November 27, 2010 01:18:26 pm

The Council of Europe (COE) 30th Conference of Ministers of Justice passed three resolutions on Friday at the close of the three-day meeting in Istanbul. The resolutions, "data protection and privacy in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First Non-Aligned Movement conference closes

On September 6, 1961, the Non-Aligned Movement concluded its first official conference in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The organization was founded in 1955 to support mostly developing countries who did not wish to side with either of the great Cold War powers. It also worked to shepherd these nations through the process of decolonization. Learn more about the history and founding principles of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Pilgrims leave Plymouth, England for North America

On September 6, 1620, the Pilgrims left Plymouth, England. They set sail on the Mayflower for North America, where they would found the Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts.
While in transit, the Pilgrims promulgated the Mayflower Compact, which would serve as their colony's first governing document.

Law requiring German Jews to wear star announced

On September 6, 1941, German authorities announced the adoption of a regulation, formally enacted on September 1, requiring all Jews in German territories to wear a star. Read an English translation of the Police Decree Concerning the Marking of Jews.

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