International Justice & Courts

From the archive: Surviving Nazi leaders in the dock

Originally published on 21 November 1945 NUREMBERG, NOVEMBER 20. When Lord Justice Lawrence, British President of the International Tribunal, opened the great Nuremberg war trial this morning he called it unique in the history...

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. Report of protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009 There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in...

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Feature: Nepal's working children face perilous labor

By Binju Sitaula KATHMANDU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The sight of young children engaged in perilous labor and with an uncertain future is common in Nepal's cities. "Child labor in the transportation sector has emerged as a major...

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Tanzania: Rwandan Priest Cleared of Genocide Charges

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) ordered the immediate release of Fr....

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Croatian jumps EU hurdle with Slovenia border deal

Croatia has moved to clear the path towards European Union membership by passing a deal with Slovenia to solve a border dispute between the two countries. The accord creates an international arbiter to solve the matter.

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Gambia: UN Declares 'Chief Manneh's Detention Illegal'

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has determined that The Gambia's arrest and continued detention of Chief Ebrima Manneh is unlawful under international law. The UN body calls upon The Gambia to release...

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Jurists meet on terror today

New Delhi: Ahead of the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate a two-day International Conference of Jurists on Terrorism here on Saturday. International Terrorism,...

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Polish court evicts families from house owned by German

A Polish court has ruled that the current inhabitants of a house in the north of the country must leave so that it can be reclaimed by the ethnic German woman who owned it before leaving the country in the 1970s.

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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem

The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Soile Lautsi, who was offended by crucifixes displayed in her child's school in Italy, states : The compulsory display of a symbol of a given confession in...

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Military Tribunals - Justice Lite?

While Sarah Palin and other right-wing opportunists create a cottage industry in drumming up public hysteria about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects from Guantanamo coming to New York for trial, many legal...

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