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ICTR prosecutor uses new rule to preserve evidence against fugitive genocide financier

May 24, 2011 09:54:08 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) used a new procedure Monday to begin hearing evidence against alleged genocide financier Felicien Kabuga who has yet to be arrested. The special deposition...

May 24, 2011 08:00:00 AM

JURIST Guest Columnist Gregory Gordon of the University of North Dakota School of Law says that in light of the case of Joshua arap Sang, and for purposes of educating the public and deterring future would-be perpetrators, we need a...

May 17, 2011 11:14:22 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday convicted former Rwandan army chief Augustin Bizimungu and three others involved in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Bizimungu was sentenced to 30 years in...

May 6, 2011 01:00:00 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law was defense counsel in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) until last month when he was removed for "misconduct," an action that he argues was part of a...

May 4, 2011 12:21:55 PM

A German court on Wednesday began the trial of Rwandan rebel leader Ignace Murwanashyaka and deputy Straton Musoni on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Murwanashyaka was the leader of the predominantly Hutu Democratic Forces for the...

April 29, 2011 09:22:35 AM

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has removed US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder from his position as an ICTR defense lawyer. Appeals chamber...

April 20, 2011 09:31:37 AM

Belgian prosecutors announced Wednesday that police in Belgium arrested Rwandan Mathias Bushishi Monday for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Police arrested Bushishi on an international arrest warrant that...

March 30, 2011 07:24:12 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday sentenced Jean-Baptiste Gatete to life imprisonment, the highest sentence meted out by the ICTR, for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news...

January 28, 2011 01:04:30 PM

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana made his initial appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday and denied the charges against him, which relate...

January 25, 2011 09:45:53 AM

French authorities on Tuesday transferred Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana to The Hague where he will stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

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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.