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News UN rights experts concerned about Italy treatment of migrants, asylum seekers
UN rights experts concerned about Italy treatment of migrants, asylum seekers
Kiely Lewandowski
November 17, 2008 12:09:00 pm

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said Monday after an official visit to Italy that it has "significant human rights concerns" about the facilities where Italy holds irregular migrants and asylum seekers detained...

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News Rights group urges Obama to denounce ‘abusive’ counterterrorism policies
Rights group urges Obama to denounce ‘abusive’ counterterrorism policies
Kiely Lewandowski
November 17, 2008 11:16:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that upon inauguration US president-elect Barack Obama should immediately denounce the previous administration's "abusive" counterterrorism policies in order to bring US practices into accordance with the...

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News Italy high court approves feeding tube removal
Italy high court approves feeding tube removal
Kiely Lewandowski
November 13, 2008 11:41:00 pm

The Italian Court of Cassation , the country's highest court, ruled Thursday that the father of Eluana Englaro , who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years, can remove her feeding tube....

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News Fair housing groups file lawsuit over alleged Katrina program discrimination
Fair housing groups file lawsuit over alleged Katrina program discrimination
Kiely Lewandowski
November 13, 2008 10:31:00 pm

State and national housing advocates filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday arguing that Louisiana's Hurricane Katrina recovery program, Road Home Louisiana , discriminates against African-American homeowners. The federally-funded program awards grants to homeowners...

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News Lawyers for ‘Bali bombers’ filing suit against Indonesia AG for rights violations
Lawyers for ‘Bali bombers’ filing suit against Indonesia AG for rights violations
Kiely Lewandowski
November 10, 2008 12:13:00 pm

The Muslim Defender Team (TPM), the group of lawyers representing the three men executed Saturday for the 2002 Bali bombings , said Monday that it will file charges against Indonesia's attorney general, alleging that the execution...

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News Bangladesh court jails former cabinet ministers on corruption charges
Bangladesh court jails former cabinet ministers on corruption charges
Kiely Lewandowski
November 10, 2008 11:16:00 am

A Bangladeshi court on Monday ordered three members of the cabinet of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia to jail on corruption charges. Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad, and Saifur Rahman, who served as industry, social welfare...

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News Sri Lanka urged to probe death threats against lawyers defending terror suspects
Sri Lanka urged to probe death threats against lawyers defending terror suspects
Kiely Lewandowski
November 7, 2008 07:48:00 am

The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) Thursday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to open a probe into death threats allegedly sent by a group called Mahason Balakaya [Lanka eNews...

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News COE rendition investigator testifies in Italy CIA abduction trial
COE rendition investigator testifies in Italy CIA abduction trial
Kiely Lewandowski
November 6, 2008 01:46:00 pm

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty testified Wednesday at the trial of American and Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian...

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News Cambodia  court rejects ex-Khmer Rouge leader release request
Cambodia court rejects ex-Khmer Rouge leader release request
Kiely Lewandowski
November 3, 2008 12:37:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) has rejected a release request by former Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan . Samphan is charged...

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Indonesia court rejects final appeal against execution by families of ‘Bali bombers’
Kiely Lewandowski
November 3, 2008 10:55:00 am

The Indonesian Supreme Court on Monday rejected last-minute appeals filed by relatives of the three men sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings , with a judge saying the men had exhausted their...

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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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