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News ICJ opens hearings in Japan whaling dispute
ICJ opens hearings in Japan whaling dispute
Theresa Donovan
June 27, 2013 06:29:51 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday began public hearings in the ongoing legal dispute between Australia and Japan over Japanese whaling near Antarctica. Australia argued at Wednesday's hearing that Japan is in violation...

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Supreme Court rules employer recommendation not property
Theresa Donovan
June 26, 2013 03:28:40 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Sekhar v. United States that attempting to compel a person to recommend that his employer approve an investment does not constitute "the obtaining of...

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UK Supreme Court allows families of Iraq soldiers to sue government
Theresa Donovan
June 19, 2013 02:28:56 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the families of some British soldiers who were killed or injured in Iraq can sue the British government for damages. In its ruling, the Supreme Court stated that...

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UN rights chief urges Hungary to revoke constitutional amendments
Theresa Donovan
June 19, 2013 12:40:32 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged the Hungarian government to revoke constitutional amendments that have recently come under fire for undermining the country's constitutional justice and for threatening the independence...

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News Hungary prosecutors charge accused Nazi with war crimes
Hungary prosecutors charge accused Nazi with war crimes
Theresa Donovan
June 18, 2013 01:19:27 pm

Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, a 98-year-old Hungarian man, with the unlawful execution and torture of people in connection with the Holocaust. Slovakian authorities began the investigation of Csatary in September after he was arrested...

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ICC grants Kenya VP’s request to skip parts of upcoming trial
Theresa Donovan
June 18, 2013 12:23:52 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday conditionally granted the request of Kenyan Vice President William Ruto to be excused from parts of his upcoming trial. The Trial Chamber, however,...

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Turkish lawyers join ongoing protests
Theresa Donovan
June 12, 2013 03:10:24 pm

Thousands of Turkish lawyers on Wednesday joined the ongoing protests in Ankara and Istanbul by marching out of courthouses in black robes. This came as the result of incidents occurring during the protests on Tuesday, where a...

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ICTR prosecutor urges UN sember states to assist in locating Rwanda fugitives
Theresa Donovan
June 12, 2013 01:48:32 pm

Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow , Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday reiterated the UN Security Council's request for member states to help bring to justice nine fugitives allegedly responsible...

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News US military prosecutors charge Guantanamo detainee with war crimes
US military prosecutors charge Guantanamo detainee with war crimes
Theresa Donovan
June 11, 2013 04:20:40 pm

The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced that military commission charges have been filed against Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi . Al-Hadi is an Iraqi prisoner who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay...

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Pakistan court grants bail to Musharraf over detention of judges
Theresa Donovan
June 11, 2013 11:20:13 am

A Pakistani court on Tuesday granted bail to former president Pervez Musharraf in the case of his 2007 detention of senior judges. The detention came after Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan. Musharraf, however,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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