Environmental brief ~ Australian leaders say yes to regs, no to Kyoto
In Thursday's environmental law news, Australian state and territory leaders have agreed to establish their own carbon-trading system which would set a cap on the total volume of greenhouse gases an industry can emit. They would then divide the cap...
President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Mexican President Vicente Fox Wednesday unveiled the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America , a pact which seeks to broaden cooperation on security and economic issues. Included...
Leading the international brief, the International Criminal Court held its first-ever hearing Tuesday, a status conference focusing on the need for witness protection and evidence preservation in the investigation of Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo ...
Plan calls for joint North American security perimeter by 2010
The leaders of United States, Canada and Mexico will discuss a joint plan to protect North American borders and improve movement between countries when they meet next week at a North American summit in Texas. A report released Monday...
US asking Texas to rehear cases of improperly-convicted Mexicans
The US has indicated in a Supreme Court filing that it has asked the state of Texas to rehear the cases of 51 Mexicans whose death sentences were recently deemed improper by the...
Environmental brief ~ US meatpackers sue to reopen cattle trade with Canada
In Thursday's environmental law news, the US meatpackers industry group has filed a complaint in the US District Court of District of Columbia to lift a ban on the import of all cattle from Canada. Documents from...
A Mexican judge in the Nuevo Leon Wednesday found a man guilty of drunk driving in the nation's first oral and public trial. In June, Nuevo Leon was the first Mexican state to pass...
Mexican court dismisses genocide charges against former president
The Supreme Court of Mexico upheld Wednesday a 30-year statute of limitations and dismissed charges of genocide against ex-president Luis Echeverria . The Court, in a 4-1 vote, held that international...
Environmental brief ~ US to delay lifting of Canada beef ban
In Wednesday's environmental law news, USDA Secretary Mike Johanns has announced that he is delaying the effective date for the lifting of the ban on beef and cattle imports from Canada. The ban was scheduled to...
The UN committee charged with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women released a report Thursday accusing Mexico of "grave and systemic violations" of women's...
