World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 5 May 2018 News
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 5 May 2018

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week:

A UN human rights expert called for “calm and for all sides to exercise restraint” in the Central African Republic (CAR) Thursday, according to a UN statement [press release].
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The Department of Defense on Wednesday announced the transfer [text] of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darb to Saudi Arabia.
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The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, on Monday expressed concern [press release] over violence against civilians in Myanmar’s Kachin State.

A reported 10 civilians were killed and several more severely injured and wounded in the northern part of the state.

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UN human rights experts called [press release] for a retrial on Monday following flawed trial procedure and due process violations in the conviction of four men sentenced to death in the Bahraini High Military Court in December.
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THIS DAY @ LAW

Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK

On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.

Canadian constitution patriated with bill of rights

On April 17, 1982, the Constitution Act 1982 was proclaimed in Ottawa, establishing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and terminating the British Parliament's power to amend the Canadian constitution.

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