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News Sri Lanka lawyers protest impeachment of chief justice
Sri Lanka lawyers protest impeachment of chief justice
Sarah Paulsworth
November 5, 2012 09:49:50 am

Hundreds of Sri Lankan lawyers and citizens took to the streets of Colombo on Monday to protest the impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake , the chief justice and lone woman on the country's Supreme Court. The protesters waved placards...

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News Malawi enacts moratorium on anti-gay laws
Malawi enacts moratorium on anti-gay laws
Sarah Paulsworth
November 5, 2012 09:01:48 am

A moratorium has been enacted on Malawi's laws barring same-sex marriage and homosexuality, Malawi Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara announced on Monday. According to him, the laws were suspended to enable to the country...

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News Military judge rules 9/11 accused do not have to attend hearings
Military judge rules 9/11 accused do not have to attend hearings
Sarah Paulsworth
October 16, 2012 09:50:11 am

Five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks do not have to attend court proceedings against them, a military judge ruled Monday. Army Col. James Pohl ruled that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

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News ICTY opens final war crimes trial
ICTY opens final war crimes trial
Sarah Paulsworth
October 16, 2012 09:03:08 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday opened the trial of Goran Hadzic , the last suspect to be tried by the court. Hadzic, one 161 people tried by...

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News UK court allows accused Sudanese war criminal to remain in country
UK court allows accused Sudanese war criminal to remain in country
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 10:08:56 am

A UK immigration tribunal has ruled that man who says he was paid to kill civilians in Sudan may remain in the UK indefinitely. The 27-year-old man, whose identity has not been revealed, is...

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News Sri Lanka judges, lawyers protest assault of outspoken judge
Sri Lanka judges, lawyers protest assault of outspoken judge
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 09:04:20 am

Lawyers and judges from Sri Lanka held a large-scale protest on Monday to express their dismay over the assault of an outspoken judge and to call for a thorough, impartial investigation into the incident. Nearly 500 judges, lawyers and...

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News UN rights office urges justice for Nepal civil war crimes
UN rights office urges justice for Nepal civil war crimes
Sarah Paulsworth
October 9, 2012 07:37:23 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday released a report urging justice for victims of international law violations that occurred Nepal's civil war. Approximately 13,000 people were...

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News Charles Taylor defense investigator arrested on contempt charges
Charles Taylor defense investigator arrested on contempt charges
Sarah Paulsworth
October 8, 2012 09:07:31 am

A investigator for the Charles Taylor defense team in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was arrested Saturday on charges of contempt. Prince Taylor is accused of interfering...

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News California sexual orientation therapy ban challenged
California sexual orientation therapy ban challenged
Sarah Paulsworth
October 2, 2012 10:01:24 am

The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit challenging a California law that bans sexual orientation therapy for minors. California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed...

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Rule of law deteriorating in Egypt: AI
Sarah Paulsworth
October 2, 2012 09:09:56 am

The rule of law continues to deteriorate in Egypt , and human rights abuses are occurring with alarming frequency, according to two reports released Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) . In the report "Egypt: Brutality...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Gorbachev becomes USSR leader

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. He soon announced that he would hold arms-reduction negotiations in Geneva with the United States. Gorbachev also used his tenure to liberalize the economy and social structure of the USSR, eventually leading to the abatement of the Soviet Union. In 1990, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.

Read documents and interviews from the 1990 USA-USSR Summit.

Confederate Constitution adopted

On March 11, 1861, seven former US states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, which closely followed the language, if not necessarily the purport, of the original US Constitution. Section 9 (4) of the Confederate Constitution read "No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed," enshrining the right to own slaves as fundamental law.

ICC holds first meeting

The war crimes court known as the International Criminal Court (ICC) swore in its first batch of judges on March 11, 2003. The meeting took place eight months after the ratification of the court's Rome Statute. Then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said of the occasion: It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, these 11 men and seven women, representing all regions of the world and many different cultures and legal traditions, have made themselves the embodiment of our collective conscience. Learn more about the work of the ICC.  

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