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News Germany charges former Nazi guard and US resident with accessory to murder
Germany charges former Nazi guard and US resident with accessory to murder
Tere Miller-Sporrer
March 11, 2009 11:35:00 am

German prosecutors announced Wednesday that they have filed charges against former Nazi concentration camp guard and Ohio resident John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk is charged with 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his...

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News Rights group urges Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers to evacuate civilians
Rights group urges Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers to evacuate civilians
Tere Miller-Sporrer
March 6, 2009 07:06:00 am

 The Sri Lankan government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) should agree on an evacuation plan for civilians caught in hostilities between the groups in the country's...

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News UN SG urges support for Rwanda genocide tribunal
UN SG urges support for Rwanda genocide tribunal
Tere Miller-Sporrer
March 2, 2009 08:07:00 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday pledged his ongoing support for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and stressed that the international community must continue to combat...

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News ASEAN ministers discuss rights body creation
ASEAN ministers discuss rights body creation
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 27, 2009 12:16:00 pm

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Thailand said Friday they had held discussions on a draft charter for the already-controversial ASEAN Human Rights Body (AHRB), which Thai officials have...

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News Belgium seeks ICJ ruling on Senegal dispute over former Chad president
Belgium seeks ICJ ruling on Senegal dispute over former Chad president
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 23, 2009 01:23:00 pm

Belgium filed suit against Senegal in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, asserting that the ICJ must intervene because the nations are in disagreement over the prosecution of former Chadian President Hissene Habre...

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News Rights group accuses Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers of human right violations
Rights group accuses Sri Lanka and Tamil Tigers of human right violations
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 20, 2009 12:26:00 pm

Both the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have committed human rights violations by attacking civilians in the Vanni region, according to a...

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News Venezuela voters approve amendment abolishing presidential term limits
Venezuela voters approve amendment abolishing presidential term limits
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 16, 2009 08:11:00 am

Venezuelan voters approved a constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits in a national referendum Sunday. President of the National Electoral Council (CNE) Tibisay Lucena...

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News Kenya parliament rejects bills establishing election tribunal
Kenya parliament rejects bills establishing election tribunal
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 13, 2009 01:37:00 pm

The Kenyan Parliament rejected Thursday two bills that would have established a special national tribunal to deal with cases stemming from the December 2007 post-election violence . The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2009...

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News South Africa parliament backs removal of chief prosecutor
South Africa parliament backs removal of chief prosecutor
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 13, 2009 11:57:00 am

The National Assembly of South Africa voted 232-60 Thursday in support of the decision of President Kgalema Motlanthe to fire the country's chief prosecutor Vusi Pikoli . The vote endorsed [Times...

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News Spain court bars 2 ETA-linked Basque parties from upcoming election
Spain court bars 2 ETA-linked Basque parties from upcoming election
Tere Miller-Sporrer
February 9, 2009 08:36:00 am

Spain's Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously banned the Basque separatist political groups Democracy 3 Million (D3M) and Askatasuna from participation in the coming March elections. The court found that Askatasuna was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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