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International Justice & Courts

Former Supreme Court justice defends Morgentaler getting Order of Canada

QUEBEC - Former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour leapt to Dr. Henry Morgentaler's defence on Friday after she and the controversial abortion rights activist were named to the Order of Can...

Russian Claims of Privileged Sphere Draw Criticism

By Howard Cincotta In the wake of Russia's assault on Georgia, its claims of a "privileged" sphere of influence within the boundaries of the former Soviet Union, along with the declaration of a right to intervene on behalf of...

For a resurrection of the rule of law

The context for, and transformative rationale of, a law reforms commission. And how has the Manmohanomic nuclear deal with an authoritarian President George Bush occupied Indian treaty space without express parliamentary...

THE PETER PRINCIPLE PLAYOFFS

We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men~~George Orwell So here we sit, our heads jerking back and forth so rapidly most of us are suffering severe whiplash....

Law to combat dirty money under way

Qatar is drafting a new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Law to extend the scope of the two offences and to ensure full compliance with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 40 + 9...

Singapore can be neutral venue for arbitration for Indian businesses

By Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 11 October 2008 1452 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar says Singapore can be a neutral venue for arbitration for Indian businesses. Speaking at the Global...

S.Ossetians file 3,000 human rights lawsuits against Georgia

PARIS, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - The European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg has received 2,729 lawsuits against Georgia from residents of South Ossetia, the court said Friday in a press release. "These applicants allege...

DNA of 1800 people every day added to police database

Nearly 1,800 people were added to the national DNA database every day during the past year. By Christopher Hope, Home Affairs Editor Overall the number of DNA profiles on the database increased from 3.78million to 4.43million...

Database right prevents more than just cut 'n' paste copying, rules ECJ

A judgment by Europe’s highest court has strengthened the rights of database creators to protect their work from being used by third parties without permission. The decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) means that the...

Swedish court upholds tenor's rape conviction

A Swedish court on Friday upheld a rape conviction against a Chilean-born tenor and also convicted him of sexually molesting a 7-year-old girl. The appeals court in Goteborg sentenced Ernesto "Tito" Beltran to two-and-a-half...

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