Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Nov. 11 News
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Thursday, Nov. 11

[JURIST] Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, November 11.

Today is Veteran's Day, a US federal holiday. Federal courts and most state courts are closed.

The US House and Senate are in recess until Tuesday, Nov. 16.

The UN General Assembly's 51st plenary meeting today will discuss coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. Read the secretary general's report [PDF] to be presented at the meeting. A live webcast of the meeting will begin at 9:30 AM ET via UN Webcast Channel 1.

An EU-Russia summit to take place at The Hague in the Netherlands has been postponed pending the instatement of the new EU executive. A new date for the summit has not been set.

At the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Slobodan Milosevic trial continues, with a live webcast available at 3:30 AM ET (9:30 AM local time). A further appearance will be made by Ljubisa Beara, also with a live webcast at 9 AM ET. Also today, trials continue for Momcilo Krajisnik, Enver Hadzihasanovic and Amir Kubura, and a status conference will be held in the case of Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez.

THIS DAY @ LAW

No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.