Ukranian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko cancelled her scheduled weekend visit to Russia Wednesday, following statements by Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov that Russia would not withdraw an international arrest warrant out...
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UPDATE ~ Mexican presidential hopeful will surrender to authorities
Following up a story reported Friday on JURIST's Paper Chase, Mexico City mayor and presidential hopeful Manuel Lopez Obrador announced to reporters outside of his home Saturday that he will surrender to authorities as soon as...
International brief ~ ICJ could get Japan-S. Korea islands dispute
In Friday's international brief, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro told a press conference Thursday that despite a harshly worded 'letter to the people' released by South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Wednesday, Japan would...
Egypt president sanctions election law change to allow multiple candidates
In an unexpected move Saturday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered a change in the country's election laws to allow multiple candidates to run in presidential elections. The change would allow for the first multi-candidate election in Egypt...
An Iranian court has summoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi for questioning on an undisclosed matter, indicating that she must appear by Sunday or face prison. Ebadi, Iran's first female judge, won the Nobel in...
Putin signs Russian calendar overhaul scrapping Soviet October revolution holiday
In a symbolic break with the Soviet past, Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday signed a new law scrapping the old October revolution holiday in November as a day off work, redesignating it a Day of Military Glory commemorating the...
Anna Ryzhova, Kyiv:"Ukraine has bravely overcome the third Presidential election round. Last Sunday, Dec. 26th, as many as 77% of Ukrainian voters participated in the revote choosing their President.By 10 pm Dec 27th, the Central Elections Commission ("CEC") has processed...
UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw said in an interview Monday that he believed recently-proposed changes to the UN Charter (reported by JURIST's Paper Chase here) would allow for easier intervention in situations of human rights abuses like those that...
High Stakes in November: George W. Bush and the Future Federal Judiciary
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego says that perhaps the most far-reaching impact of the upcoming November election is who will get to appoint the nation's judges - including its Supreme Court...