JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that what is most important about the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in the wake of his sudden death in jail is not its lack of outcome, but rather the hope its example holds for future justice against other dictators… The sudden death of [...]
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UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson has postponed until next week a scheduled plenary to approve the proposed UN Human Rights Council , the body anticipated to take the place of the severely-criticized UN Commission on Human Rights. Eliasson had hoped to have a draft resolution on the Council approved by the time the next [...]
US v. Zacarias Moussaoui, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema late Friday refused a media motion for immediate access to admitted documentary evidence and bench transcripts in the sentencing trial of accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, ruling that the court did not have the resources to provide such access and that it would undermine the integrity of the proceeding [...]
An appeals panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled Friday that former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj can return to politics in Kosovo during his provisional release pending trial for war crimes scheduled to begin in 2007 , but only on condition that any requests by him to appear in public [...]
The Prosecutor v. Ivica Marijacic and Markica Rebic, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Andrew Wood : "Exactly one year ago I was in the southeastern Sri Lankan village of Kirinda wrapping up a three month stint of relief work following the Asian tsunami. Now, as I reflect from New Orleans in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina, I cannot help but compare the two situations. Though two completely [...]
US Interior Secretary Gale Norton resigned from the Bush cabinet Friday after a five-year run, and will officially leave office at the end of March. In her resignation letter , the former Colorado Attorney General told the President that her decision was motivated by a desire to return home to Denver. While notorious in some [...]
A federal jury has found private military contractor Custer Battles guilty of 37 fraudulent acts against the US Coalition Provisional Authority in the first application of the federal False Claims Act against an Iraq war contractor. The jury found the company guilty of establishing shell companies, forging invoices, inflating charges, and stealing equipment in an [...]
