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Netherlands plans to appeal finding of liability in Srebrenica massacre
Julie Deisher-Edwards
October 10, 2014 09:39:05 am

The Netherlands Ministry of Defense has announced plans to appeal a July ruling finding Netherlands liable for the deaths of 300 of the men and boys killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre ....

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UN rights official calls for international abolition of death penalty
Julie Deisher-Edwards
October 10, 2014 08:07:08 am

Speaking at the Geneva presentation of a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Moving Away from the Death Penalty , UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan...

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India PM facing human rights suit in US
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 26, 2014 04:08:00 pm

The American Justice Center on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of anonymous survivors against India Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for...

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UN SG urges nations to end discrimination against LGBT people
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 26, 2014 03:34:56 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon released a video statement for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Core Group Ministerial Event on Thursday calling for an end to transphobia and homophobia . The UN has led by...

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UN officials call for international abolition of death penalty
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 26, 2014 08:38:01 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and a number of UN officials on Thursday urged global leaders to abolish the death penalty. In in a presentation and accompanying report entitled...

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September 26, 2014 07:22:40 am

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday. Holder, appointed in February 2009, was the first African-American to hold the position of Attorney General in...

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US court holds Arab Bank liable to victims of Hamas
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 23, 2014 10:32:46 am

A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday found the Jordan-based Arab Bank liable for providing material support to Hamas . The plaintiffs were 300 victims...

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Louisiana court rules state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 23, 2014 09:33:34 am

The Fifteenth Judicial District Court of Louisiana issued a ruling Monday holding the state's ban on the recognition of same-sex marriages performed outside of the state unconstitutional. The ruling comes just days after the US District Court for the...

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AI condemns Nigeria military and police for routine use of torture
Julie Deisher-Edwards
September 19, 2014 08:29:53 am

Amnesty International (AI) condemned Nigeria's police and military in a report released Thursday for the systematic and routine use of torture on detainees . Although Nigeria's Constitution prohibits torture, the country currently has no legislation...

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September 19, 2014 07:21:38 am

Voters in Scotland on Thursday voted against independence from the UK in the country's first national referendum on the matter. The Scottish Parliament unanimously approved a bill last November to hold a Scottish independence referendum...

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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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