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Serbia rights group alleges war crimes by new military chief

January 25, 2012 08:32:11 AM

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) , a Serbian human rights group, alleged on Tuesday that Serbian General Ljubisa Dikovic committed war crimes in 1998 and 1999 during...

November 11, 2011 01:41:35 PM

Kosovo politician and parliamentarian Fatmir Limaj went on trial on Friday for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-99 Kosovo war with Serbia . Limaj allegedly ordered two captured Serb policemen executed and tortured another...

October 19, 2011 10:44:47 AM

The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday sentenced a former ethnic Albanian rebel fighter to five years in prison for crimes committed against civilians during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo [BBC...

October 5, 2011 01:12:14 PM

Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo (EULEX) , Xavier de Marnhac, announced on Wednesday that an EU prosecutor will visit Albania to investigate allegations of an organ trafficking scheme that took place in...

October 1, 2011 03:14:46 PM

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called for Kosovo to institute an independent witness protection program . Spokesperson Rupert Colville made the comment in reaction to the recent...

September 23, 2011 08:13:46 AM

An EU judge on Thursday placed senior Kosovo politician and parliamentarian Fatmir Limaj under house arrest for one month while awaiting trial on charges of war crimes stemming from the 1998-99 Kosovo war with Serbia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

September 20, 2011 03:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Adeogun-Phillips of Charles Anthony LLP says that despite concerns surrounding the ability of the new Libyan government to provide Muammar Gaddafi with a fair trial upon capture, it should be allowed the opportunity to establish a...

September 19, 2011 10:32:44 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced a man for contempt of court for refusing to testify. The man, Shefqet Kabashi, was sentenced to two months in jail ...

September 2, 2011 04:16:20 PM

The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday charged 10 former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with war crimes for their actions during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

August 29, 2011 09:42:08 AM

The European Union Rule of Law Mission to Kosovo announced Monday that US prosecutor John Clint Williamson will lead an investigation into allegations that Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci participated in an organ trafficking scheme...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.