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News UN rights chief criticizes Iran, Sri Lanka abuses in annual report
UN rights chief criticizes Iran, Sri Lanka abuses in annual report
Daniel Makosky
March 4, 2010 12:14:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday criticized the state of human rights in Sri Lanka, Iran, and several other countries, while presenting her annual report to the 13th Session [official...

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Suspected terrorists indicted in New York City subway bomb plot
Daniel Makosky
February 26, 2010 11:04:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York has returned a five-count superseding indictment ...

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News UK court releases previously withheld section in ex-Guantanamo detainee case
UK court releases previously withheld section in ex-Guantanamo detainee case
Daniel Makosky
February 26, 2010 09:12:00 am

The England and Wales Court of Appeal on Friday disclosed additional text that was omitted from a previous ruling related to former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed . The language in question is...

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News Spain senate gives final approval to bill easing abortion laws
Spain senate gives final approval to bill easing abortion laws
Daniel Makosky
February 26, 2010 06:31:00 am

Spain's Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that will ease restrictions on abortions . The legislation passed once three veto proposals...

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UN rights chief backs Gaza conflict report
Daniel Makosky
February 25, 2010 01:21:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay publicly supported the final report of the UN Fact Finding Mission of the Gaza Conflict on Wednesday, calling its conclusions sound. The report, originally...

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Bolivia president appoints 18 interim judges prior to election
Daniel Makosky
February 19, 2010 09:50:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday appointed 18 judges ahead of the country's judicial elections, calling the move "the beginning of the decolonization of the judiciary." The appointees will...

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Khadr lawyers file emergency motion after Canada declines to seek repatriation
Daniel Makosky
February 18, 2010 11:36:00 am

Lawyers representing Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr filed an emergency motion Wednesday in the Canadian Federal Court challenging a diplomatic note sent by the Canadian government to the US State Department [official...

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Israel begins moving West Bank security barrier under court order
Daniel Makosky
February 12, 2010 09:35:00 am

Israel has begun to reroute a segment of its West Bank security barrier , said Ministry of Defense spokesperson Shlomo Dror on Thursday. The modifications, which may not be completed until...

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Bosnian Serb parliament approves bill easing referendum process
Daniel Makosky
February 11, 2010 10:07:00 am

The National Assembly of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Republika Srpska, passed legislation Wednesday intended to ease the process of holding referendums. Initiatives passed using the method would be binding only...

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DOJ urges additional revisions to Google book search settlement
Daniel Makosky
February 5, 2010 08:36:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest Thursday urging the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to reject the amended class action settlement...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583. His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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