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Syria's crimes against humanity include sexual torture, electric shock: UN report
Activist groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, said in a letter to United Nations member states last week that if the inquiry found that crimes under international law had been committed, they should urge the Security Council
Updated: 11/28/2011 11:20A
Kenyan court issues arrest warrant for Sudan's Bashir
Justice Nicholas Ombijah issued a warrant for his arrest on Monday following an application lodged by the International Commission for Jurists (ICJ) Kenya Chapter. "The court hereby issues a warrant of arrest against Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir as
Updated: 11/28/2011 11:14A
Syria committed crimes against humanity: UN report
Activist groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, said in a letter to United Nations member states last week that if the inquiry found that crimes under international law had been committed, they should urge the Security Council
Updated: 11/28/2011 11:01A
Tanzania: Honour Rome Statute On ICC, Lawyer Advises
The country signed the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Law Court (ICC) and the Agreement on Privileges and Immunity of the Court (APIC). A facilitator and law expert of the ICC, Mr Robert Busumabu, said recently that Tanzania should have
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:56A
Syria committed crimes against humanity: UN
Activist groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, said in a letter to United Nations member states last week that if the inquiry found that crimes under international law had been committed, they should urge the Security Council
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:56A
President accords assent to Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, on Monday accorded his assent to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the Bill
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:40A
Breaking the law is not inevitable this holiday season
We need more traffic cameras, not fewer, and should place them in the real danger spots. DC is getting 9 new permanent cameras, but it's been over a year that MPD has been trying to bring in a more comprehensive system. There would be mobile cameras
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:37A
Life Jail Term For Terrorists In Lagos
The new Criminal Law of Lagos State, South West Nigeria has imposed life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of terrorism. The new law was made known at a one-day stakeholders meeting which had lawyers and others in attendance.
Updated: 11/28/2011 10:20A
UK government reneges on censorship-free web promise; Plans to ban 'cyber
The UK's cyber-security strategy released on Friday spells out the increased use of “cyber-sanctions”, where those who misuse the Internet for criminal means could be barred from accessing social networks, including Facebook and Twitter,
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:45A
Cases in the Supreme Court
Should the Courts Stop the Prosecution of Victims? In September 2009 the Supreme Court granted Jestina Mukoko a permanent stay of prosecution on serious charges on which she had been indicted to stand trial in the High Court [recruiting people to
Updated: 11/28/2011 09:22A
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