Turkey's Supreme Court on Friday announced that the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz has been indefinitely suspended, meaning that the charges against Yilmaz will be dropped if he does not face similar accusations within the next five years. Yilmaz and former Economics Minister Gunes Taner were accused of pre-determining the winner of [...]

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Canada authorities confirmed Friday that they had asked Germany to detain Iranian prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi if he passed through German territory after attending the inaugural meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, as an observer. Mortazavi is widely suspected of being present in July 2003 when Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi died from [...]

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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday called for new laws to narrow the gap between the public's desire for justice and outcomes that are perceived to unfairly favor defendants, in a a major criminal justice policy speech delivered in Bristol. Citing public concern over recent controversial decisions involving sentences for sex offenders, Blair said: [...]

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Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) formally began its work Thursday to investigate and document human rights abuses occurring in Liberia from 1979 to 2003. The TRC was inaugurated in February by Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , who said that the commission is intended to heal the war-torn country and uncover the truth about [...]

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UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel stressed the importance of not sacrificing justice by "granting amnesty in ending conflicts" at a UN Security Council meeting Thursday on strengthening international law . Michel said that ending impunity for war criminals is one of the most important developments in international law over the last 15 years [...]

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