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News Karadzic appears before ICTY to renew request for delay
Karadzic appears before ICTY to renew request for delay
Daniel Makosky
November 3, 2009 12:08:00 pm

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday for the first time since his trial commenced last week to renew his...

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News Birmingham mayor convicted on bribery charges
Birmingham mayor convicted on bribery charges
Daniel Makosky
October 29, 2009 11:47:00 am

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford on multiple bribery charges. Langford was accused of directing $7.1 million in bond business to a friend in exchange for money and luxury goods...

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News UN official cites obstacles to climate change agreement
UN official cites obstacles to climate change agreement
Daniel Makosky
October 27, 2009 01:09:00 pm

Director of the UN secretary-general’s Climate Change Support Team Janos Pasztor said Monday that a December UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark may not produce a treaty. Pasztor suggested that the success of the...

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News Karadzic threatens boycott of ICTY war crimes trial
Karadzic threatens boycott of ICTY war crimes trial
Daniel Makosky
October 22, 2009 11:07:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday announced his intention to boycott the opening of his war crimes trial, set to come before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on...

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News Uruguay high court overturns amnesty law for rights violations during dictatorship
Uruguay high court overturns amnesty law for rights violations during dictatorship
Daniel Makosky
October 20, 2009 01:02:00 pm

The Uruguayan Supreme Court on Monday found unconstitutional the country’s Expiry Law, which granted amnesty to military officials accused of human rights violations during the country's 1973-1985 dictatorship. The court's ruling applies only to the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UN Human Rights Council Established

On March 16, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to replace the UN Council on Human Rights. The UNHRC was created by the overwhelming passage of Resolution A/RES/60/251ly.

James Madison born

James Madison, a leading framer of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, an author of the Federalist Papers, and the fourth President of the United States was born in Port Conway, Virginia, on March 16, 1751. Review Madison's speech in Congress introducing his proposed amendments to the Constitution, and his contributions to the Federalist Papers.

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