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Convictions for Sierra Leone Rebel Leaders Upheld

Posted on February 25, 2008
The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) upheld the convictions and sentences of three rebel leaders on February 22. The defendants were former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), a military group that supported Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during Sierra Leone?s civil war in the 1990s...

Judges Added to ICTY

Posted on February 25, 2008
In an effort to meet its goal to try all defendants by the end of 2008, the Security Council has agreed to temporarily add four judges to the UN Tribunal set up after the Balkan wars of the 1990s. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which proposed the appointment of the additional [...

Addressing Immigrant Overqualification

Posted on February 24, 2008
The OECD, a Paris-based organization that aims to facilitate economic cooperation among 30 leading industrialized nations, recently released a report elucidating general trends in immigration in OECD countries. The report found that immigrants in OECD countries are generally better educated than locally-born populations...

Disclose Religion? No.

Posted on February 22, 2008
In Alexandridis v. Greece, the European Court of Human Rights recently held that obligating a person to reveal his religion constitutes a violation of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects freedom of thought, conscience and religion...

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Former Rwanda Official Arrested

Posted on February 21, 2008
Callixte Nzabonimana was arrested February 18, 2008 in Kigoma, Tanzania. He is charged with six counts before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, including counts of Genocide, Conspiracy to commit genocide, Complicity in genocide, Incitements to commit genocide, Crimes against humanity and violation of the Geneva Convention...

European Commission Adopts Nanosciences Code of Conduct

Posted on February 18, 2008
As part of the 2005 Action Plan for Nanotechnology, the European Commission has adopted seven principles that will guide research in that field. The principles are: meaning; sustainability; precaution; inclusiveness; excellence; innovation and accountability...

European Union Announces Green Initiative

Posted on February 18, 2008
Jos� Manuel Barroso announced on January 23 that the EU will be pursuing a comprehensive environmental regulation strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020. His speech, entitled “20 20 by 2020: Europe’s Climate Change Opportunity” set the goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 20% and reaching 20% usage of renewable fuels...

European Union Extends Borders

Posted on February 18, 2008
The Schengen zone of countries expanded on Friday, December 21 to include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Malta. Border controls are no longer necessary between these countries and the other members of the Schengen zone...

UN Convenes First-Ever Global Forum on Human Trafficking

Posted on February 14, 2008
On February 13, some 1200 experts, legislators, law enforcement officials, business leaders, NGO representatives, celebrities, and trafficking victims convened in Vienna, Austria for the first-ever UN global forum against human trafficking.� Giving remarks ahead of the February 13-15 forum, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa explained that [...

Trial of Charles Taylor Resumes

Posted on January 29, 2008
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has resumed the trial of Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, on eleven counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. This is the first time that an African head of state has been tried before an international tribunal...

Bali Hosts Weeklong UN Anti-Corruption Convention

Posted on January 28, 2008
Over 1,000 people, including government officials, business leaders, law enforcement personnel, journalists, and entertainers from over 100 nations, convened today in Bali, Indonesia at the beginning of a five-day meeting of the Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption...

Peru and Chile Go to World Court Over Maritime Dispute

Posted on January 17, 2008
On January 16, Peru asked the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) to adjudicate its ongoing maritime dispute with Chile. Peru claims that the zones in dispute have never been delimited by a treaty or other type of agreement, and thus should be determined by the ICJ in accordance with customary international law...

ICTY Terminates Provisional Release of Croatian Accused

Posted on January 03, 2008
The ICTY has terminated the provisional release of Mladen Marka?, the former Commander of the Croatian Special Police. Marka?, who is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity, was granted provisional release on 2 December 2004. The order terminating his provisional release was made after Marka? was photographed participating in a hunting trip outside [...

UN, Netherlands Agree to Base Lebanon Tribunal in The Hague

Posted on December 27, 2007
On December 21, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry D. Johnson and Dutch Ambassador Frank Majoor signed the Headquarters Agreement for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.� According to the agreement, the court that will judge recent assassinations in Lebanon, including that of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, will be based [...

Saudi King Pardons Rape Victim

Posted on December 17, 2007
The BBC reported today that Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has pardoned the female rape victim in the “Qatif girl” case.� In November, the woman and was sentenced to 200 lashes for the crime of being alone with a male who was not a relative...

UN Court Determines Disputed Caribbean Islands Belong to Colombia

Posted on December 17, 2007
On December 13 the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that three islands in the Caribbean Sea disputed between Colombia and Nicaragua in fact belong to Colombia. Nicaragua had brought action at the ICJ, arguing that it should be granted sovereignty over the islands of San Andr�s, Providencia and Santa Catalina...

New Initiative by European Commission for Market Integration

Posted on December 15, 2007
EC President Jos� Manuel Barroso announced an initiative by the Commission to enhance the opportunities for small businesses and to empower consumers by eliminating bottlenecks have limited the benefits of the single market. The package of statutory and regulatory reforms is aimed at reducing barriers to competition by small businesses, reforming markets that are not [...

Council of Europe Creates Human Trafficking Monitoring Group

Posted on December 15, 2007
An international monitoring group has been created by the Council of Europe to implement the Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. The Group of Experts on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) will be composed of between ten and fifteen experts in the field of human rights...

Secretary-General Commemorates Human Rights Day

Posted on December 10, 2007
December 10 was UN Human Rights Day.� Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used the occasion to remind the world that the freedoms upheld in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights must apply universally: ?The Declaration remains as relevant today as it did on the day it was adopted,? Mr...

Cambodian war crimes court concludes first hearing

Posted on November 21, 2007
Extraordinary Chambers, Courts of Cambodia The first courtroom hearing in the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), a joint United Nations/Cambodia tribunal for the prosecution of war crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge, concluded today...

WIPO Contributes to International Dialogue on Avian Flu

Posted on November 18, 2007
Earlier this year, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a key resolution calling for a study on the patent issues related to influenza viruses, genes, and pandemic preparedness. Thus, at the request of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has offered its expertise and technical input on patent issues relating [...

Canada on Dell

Posted on November 18, 2007
The Supreme Court of Canada finally decided the much anticipated Dell Computer Corp. v. Union des consommateurs case. Online retailer Dell attempted to object to a class action commenced in Qu�bec by relying on a National Arbitration Forum arbitration clause, mentioned only in the terms and conditions of its website...

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