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News Pakistani woman sentenced to 86 years for attempted murder of US personnel
Pakistani woman sentenced to 86 years for attempted murder of US personnel
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 23, 2010 02:45:13 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday sentenced Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman convicted of attempting to murder US personnel at the Afghan...

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News Sri Lanka ex-army chief convicted on corruption corruption charges
Sri Lanka ex-army chief convicted on corruption corruption charges
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 17, 2010 09:51:47 am

Former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka was convicted Friday by a court-martial on charges of corruption and sentenced to three years in prison. The court found that Fonseka gave preference to...

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News US judge sentences Guatemala peasant massacre suspect to 10 years
US judge sentences Guatemala peasant massacre suspect to 10 years
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 17, 2010 09:45:01 am

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a South Florida man to 10 years in prison and revoked his citizenship for concealing his involvement in a Guatemalan peasant massacre on his US immigration forms. Authorities claimed that Gilberto Jordan committed...

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News HRW urges Lebanon to protect rights of domestic workers
HRW urges Lebanon to protect rights of domestic workers
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 16, 2010 02:56:29 pm

Lebanon should improve its judicial system by providing mechanisms to better protect the basic rights of domestic workers and more ardently prosecuting those who violate them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report ...

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News Federal judge strikes down ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Federal judge strikes down ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 10, 2010 09:39:01 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Thursday struck down the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy, which bans...

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News Ontario court upholds ban on gay blood donors
Ontario court upholds ban on gay blood donors
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 10, 2010 07:50:42 am

An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is justified in prohibiting sexually active gay males from donating blood. In 2002, Kyle Freeman falsely denied having had sex with other men and...

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News Europe court rules Austria gambling monopoly breaches EU law
Europe court rules Austria gambling monopoly breaches EU law
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 9, 2010 03:18:16 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that Austria's state gambling monopoly, which blocks foreign casino companies from the licensing process, is incompatible with EU law. The court held that allowing only domestic operators...

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News Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 10:28:08 am

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the country's laws were respected, and procedures guaranteeing a...

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News ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 09:24:28 am

Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) warned Friday that the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic may take another four years—two years longer than expected. As the UN...

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News Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 2, 2010 03:23:59 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Wednesday on Bahraini authorities to make a prompt investigation into torture allegations made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after...

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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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