A federal bankruptcy judge on Sunday approved the sale of assets held by General Motors (GM) to a new, government-backed company. Judge Robert Gerber of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion seeking the court's approval for sale of the automaker under US Bankruptcy Code § 363 to [...]

In re: General Motors Corp. et al, US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, July 5, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the legal aspects of US automaker bankruptcies.

A Kenyan government delegation headed by Minister of Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs Mutula Kilonzo Kenya pledged in a Friday meeting with International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Ocampo that by September Kenya would present a detailed plan for prosecuting those responsible for the most serious crimes committed during the December 2007 post-elections violence [...]

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has convicted and sentenced a former defense investigator to 10 months in prison for one count of contempt of court. Three Tribunal judges found Thursday that Leonidas Nshogoza committed contempt "by repeatedly meeting with and disclosing the protected information of two witnesses, … in knowing violation of, or [...]

Hossein Rassam, a chief political analyst working for the British Embassy in Iran , has been charged with "acting against the national security," his lawyer said Saturday. Rassam was one of nine Iranian employees of the British Embassy arrested last month for his role in the riots following the Iranian election. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, head [...]

The African Union (AU) will not cooperate with International Criminal Court (ICC) efforts to extradite Sudan President Omar al-Bashir , the AU announced Friday during an AU summit in Libya. AU members said that by issuing a warrant for al-Bashir's arrest, the ICC jeopardized the peace process in Sudan. As signatories to the Rome Treaty, [...]

The Honduras Supreme Court has refused a Friday petition by Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza calling for the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya as the country's head of state. Insulza met with Supreme Court President Jorge Alberto Rivera and three justices from the Constitutional Chamber of the court rather than with [...]

A prominent conservative newspaper in Iran urged in an editorial Saturday that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami be tried for crimes against the nation. The piece was written by Kayhnan newspaper's chief editor Hossein Shariatmadari , and places responsibility for the protests following recent elections on the two men [...]

Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election according to statements made Friday by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the head of Iran's Guardian Council for the Constitution . While Jannati did not state the official charges the staff [...]

Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named include ex-president Charles Taylor , now on trial at The Hague, and Prince Y. Johnson , a senator elected in 2005. The commission made the recommendation in a [...]