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Ivory Coast commission reports war crimes committed during post-election violence

August 10, 2012 08:45:34 AM

The Ivory Coast's commission of inquiry into the country's 2010 post-election violence submitted a report to President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday revealing that hundreds of fighters on both sides of the hostilities committed war...

August 3, 2012 03:54:02 PM

The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday postponed the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo ...

July 27, 2012 03:22:19 PM

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Friday that four men responsible for killing seven UN officials during an armed conflict near the border town of Tai were arrested in Liberia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

July 24, 2012 01:35:50 PM

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Tuesday that it is sending human rights officials to investigate the recent attack on a relocation camp for internally displaced persons in Nahibly,...

July 11, 2012 02:14:09 PM

The Ivory Coast justice ministry announced Tuesday that two allies of former president Laurent Gbagbo have been charged with genocide relating to the months of post-election violence that...

June 21, 2012 03:34:35 PM

UN Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai on Thursday called on the international community to protect the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association . In a report to the UN Human Rights Council [official...

June 13, 2012 01:28:27 PM

UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Ivory Coast Doudou Diene on Wednesday called on all Ivorians and the international community to maintain their support in the wake of the recent killing of seven...

June 12, 2012 11:49:26 AM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Tuesday that it will postpone the confirmation of charges hearing for former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo after his defense team requested more...

June 8, 2012 01:21:37 PM

Lawyers for former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo requested on Thursday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) postpone the confirmation of charges hearing which is scheduled for June 18. The lawyers argued...

June 6, 2012 02:32:03 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday that since July 2011 at least 40 people including women and children have been killed during cross-border attacks on Ivory Coast villages by...

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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.