Croatia asks ICTY for amicus status in trials of former Croat officials
The government of Croatia has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for amicus curiae status under Rule 74 of the ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence...
ICTY prosecutors seek life sentence for former Bosnian Serb parliament speaker
Prosecutors in the war crimes case against Momcilo Krajisnik , a former Bosnian Serb speaker of parliament and the right hand man to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic , have called for...
Haiti's Political Prisoners: Not Preval's Fault, But His Problem
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that although the political prisoners lingering in Haiti's squalid jails are not the byproduct of the policies of incoming President René Préval,...
Lisl Brunner : "The Casa Rosada, which houses the offices of the President of Argentina, has a pristinely pink façade: the yellowish brown hue of its other three sides, however, marks the...
Gonzales offers more prosecutors, police to fight New Orleans crime post-Katrina
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has said that he will divert additional resources to New Orleans to address the city's high crime rates following the Hurricane Katrina disaster . The...
US now requiring passenger data before flights leave Britain
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now requiring passenger data to be sent to US authorities before flights leave Britain for the United States in the wake of last week's arrests for...
Italy arrests 40 in security sweep prompted by foiled UK terror plot
The Italian Interior Ministry said Friday that Italian police arrested 40 people on Thursday and Friday after the ministry decided to conduct security sweeps in cities across Italy following Thursday's news that UK police arrested...
UN rights council rebukes Israel for human rights violations in Lebanon
The UN Human Rights Council in an emergency special session in Geneva Friday adopted by majority vote a resolution condemning Israel for violating international human rights laws in the ongoing Middle...
Katerina Ossenova : "Kosovo is at a remarkable moment in history, witnessing both state-building and interaction and cooperation between the world's largest international organizations. My internship position for the summer is with...
New Orleans unveils post-Katrina overhaul of criminal justice system
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Monday announced an overhaul of the criminal justice system in the city which was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina last year. Prosecutors from a neighboring parish in...
