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Armenian women subjected to forced labor in Turkey-US State Department
“Armenia is a source country for women and girls subjected to sex trafficking, as well as a source and destination country for women subjected to forced labor, and a source country for men subjected to forced labor. Women and girls from Armenia are
Updated: 06/29/2011 01:45A
Assisted suicide — Ireland's stance in a world context
Both euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal in Ireland under the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 and in the UK under the Suicide Act 1961. The only four places that today openly and legally authorise forms of assisted suicide are Oregon in the US
Updated: 06/29/2011 01:14A
Marshall Islands Ranks on Tier Two in Human Trafficking Report
Various laws such as the criminal code and the anti-prostitution law, which prescribe punishments of up to 10 years' imprisonment, can be used to prosecute some, but not all, forms of trafficking. The anti-prostitution law prescribes a $10000 fine or
Updated: 06/29/2011 01:05A
Law enforcement gets new database
State Controller David McCoy was in Smithfield recently to train local law enforcement in how to use a new database called Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services. The system is designed to put in one
Updated: 06/29/2011 12:09A
New District Court Judge appointed
She has practised for over 26 years, including five years in Australia, working extensively in the areas of criminal law, family law and child protection. She has regularly appeared in the Youth, District and High Courts and she has been the team
Updated: 06/28/2011 11:26P
Attorney General Eric Holder Welcomes Confirmation of James Cole, Lisa Monaco
He also counseled businesses on securities, regulatory and criminal law issues. In 2005, Cole was appointed to serve as an independent monitor at the insurance company AIG to review five years of transactions following a settlement with regulators
Updated: 06/28/2011 10:37P
40 Clark County attorneys likely to be forced out of union
Some Clark County attorneys whose jobs include working on contracts, drafting code and providing legal advice during public meetings won't be members of a union any longer. County commissioners are likely Tuesday to avail
Updated: 06/28/2011 09:49P
Gaddafi warrants expose the limits of global justice
It also has been described as a great advance for international criminal justice, but while the warrants themselves contain some surprises, the move has two great dangers — for the Libyan people and for the ICC. The discredited Gaddafi regime is
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:22P
NJ court ruling on police searches reverses conviction of Newark man found
George Thomas III, a criminal law professor at Rutgers University Law School, said he was surprised at the decision because the US Supreme Court reached the opposite conclusion just two weeks ago in a drug case from Lexington, Ky. In that 8-1 decision,
Updated: 06/28/2011 08:09P
Nicholas Cowdery lends his expertise to UNSW
Prior to his appointment as NSW DPP, Mr Cowdery spent nearly 20 years in private practice at the Sydney Bar, largely in criminal law, both prosecuting and defending. Mr Cowdery also brings significant international connections.
Updated: 06/28/2011 07:48P
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