Dutch bank ING agreed to pay nearly USD $900 million to settle charges against its Netherlands branch related to money laundering and compliance failures in violation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Act. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service (DPPS) charged ING after investigations revealed, “the bank failed to prevent bank accounts held by [...]
The UK Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling on Wednesday, broadening the country’s understanding of what may be protected from litigation under the legal advice privilege. The Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) was compelled by the London High Court to disclose documents that were produced after potential issues of fraud were brought to the [...]
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals on Tuesday replaced three out of five judges presiding over the appeal of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic . The original panel comprised Judges Theodor Meron, Carmel Agius, Liu Daqun, Prisca Matimba Nyambe and Seymour Panton. Judge Jean-Claude Antonetti granted the defendant’s request to replace the judges, citing bias against [...]
A joint statement by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) said Wednesday that rolling back international human rights norms in regards to women’s access to health care, services and information is threatening the sexual and reproductive health rights of [...]
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi on Wednesday reported serious human rights violations documented in the first year of its mandate have remained consistent throughout 2017 and 2018. The violations include cases of “summary execution, enforced disappearance, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, sexual violence, and violations of [...]
Two UN expert committees on human rights on Wednesday endorsed a joint statement urging states to protect the rights of Venezuelan migrants amid recent mass migration from the South American country. The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, along with the Committee on the Rights [...]
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) and Military Intelligence Directorate of continued arbitrary detention and torture of individuals accused of supporting opposition forces in the country. A cessation of hostilities agreement was signed by the government of South Sudan and opposition forces on December 21, 2017, that required the release [...]
A Myanmar judge sentenced two Reuters journalists on Monday to seven years in jail for breaching a law on state secrets. A judge found that Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo breached the Official Secrets Act by obtaining confidential documents. The journalists were arrested on December 12, 2017, while investigating military operations in northern Rakhine [...]
Amnesty International called Tuesday for the release of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, detained since June, and her husband Reza Khandan, who was arrested Tuesday. Reza Khandan was charged by Tehran’s Office of the Prosecutor with spreading propaganda against the system, colluding to commit crimes against national security, and promoting the practice of appearing [...]
The government of the island nation of Mauritius presented its claim Monday to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the British government forced the transfer of the Chagos Islands as a condition of independence in the 1960s. The UK leased the Diego Garcia island within the Chagos Archipelago to the US in 1966, which was [...]
