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News UN group: social protections key to ending child labor
UN group: social protections key to ending child labor
Jerry Votava
April 30, 2013 08:37:04 am

The UN International Labor Organization (ILO) on Monday released a report on child labor advocating social protections as the key to ending the practice. " report contributes to a better understanding of the...

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News EU Kosovo court issues prison sentences in organ trafficking case
EU Kosovo court issues prison sentences in organ trafficking case
Jerry Votava
April 29, 2013 03:50:36 pm

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Monday sentenced five men to prison for their roles in an organ trafficking syndicate. Lufti Dervishi and his son Arban Devishi were found guilty...

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News Obama petitions Supreme Court on recess appointments
Obama petitions Supreme Court on recess appointments
Jerry Votava
April 26, 2013 01:46:58 pm

The Obama administration on Thursday petitioned the US Supreme Court to uphold the president's ability to make executive appointments while the Senate is in recess. The recess appointment is a constitutional power that permits the...

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News Canada House of Commons passes expanded anti-terror legislation
Canada House of Commons passes expanded anti-terror legislation
Jerry Votava
April 26, 2013 11:11:26 am

Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday approved a bill that provides expanded investigative powers and criminal penalties for terrorism related matters. The short title of the bill is The Combating Terrorism Act. The legislation permits...

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News Russia lower house approves bill criminalizing actions against religious groups
Russia lower house approves bill criminalizing actions against religious groups
Jerry Votava
April 11, 2013 08:05:32 am

The Russian State Duma on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill that criminalizes negative actions towards religious groups and imposes stiff prison terms and fines on offenders. The legislation criminalizes...

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News Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France
Jerry Votava
April 3, 2013 02:56:52 pm

French law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested Tite Barahira, a former Rwandan leader, for conspiracy to commit genocide committed during the 1994 genocide in that country. Barahira was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant issued in...

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News France court orders trial for Rwanda genocide suspect
France court orders trial for Rwanda genocide suspect
Jerry Votava
April 3, 2013 08:28:27 am

A court in France on Tuesday ordered Pascal Simbikangwa, a former Rwandan Army Captain, to stand trial for crimes against humanity committed during the 1994 genocide in that country. Simbikangawa was arrested pursuant to an international arrest...

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News Supreme Court rules on certification standards for class action suits
Supreme Court rules on certification standards for class action suits
Jerry Votava
March 28, 2013 08:37:56 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Comcast v. Behrend that judges can reach the merits of an underlying claim in determining whether to certify a class under Rule 23(b) ....

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News Displaced people in Somalia face abuse, rape: HRW
Displaced people in Somalia face abuse, rape: HRW
Jerry Votava
March 28, 2013 07:08:48 am

Displaced people in Somalia face the risk of physical abuse and rape, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. HRW noted that the threat of beatings and rape from internal...

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Supreme Court rules narcotics dog sniff at front door constitutes search
Jerry Votava
March 27, 2013 08:00:44 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Florida v. Jardines that an alert from a narcotics detection dog on the front porch of suspect's house constitutes a search within the meaning of the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed

On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime. 175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the US Psychotropic Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Former Nixon AG Mitchell sentenced to prison for Watergate

On February 21, 1975, former US Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic adviser John Ehrlichman were sentenced to prison terms of 2 1/2 to 8 years for obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Learn more about John Mitchell from the Washington Post.

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