US presentation to UN Human Rights Committee [US UN Mission Geneva] News
US presentation to UN Human Rights Committee [US UN Mission Geneva]

UN Human Rights Committee, presentation by the United States on compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, July 17-18, 2006. Read the text of the October 2005 report; remarks by Ambassador Warren W. Tichenor at the July 17 meeting; the transcript of the delegations's press briefing; the written responses [PDF] to advance questions from the committee; the responses [PDF] by the U.S. Delegation to questions from the Committee (oral presentation to the Committee); and the departure statement by the US Delegation on July 18. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Trial of Saddam Hussein begins

On October 19, 2005, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was put on trial for crimes against humanity committed during his time in office. He was convicted and sentenced to death on November 6, 2006. The execution took place on the following December 30. Learn more about the Trial of Saddam Hussein from the US Law Library of Congress.

Stamp Act Congress approved Declaration of Rights

On October 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York in the wake of Parliament's passage of the controversial Stamp Act imposing a tax for the upkeep of British troops in North America, approved a Declaration of Rights enumerating the rights and grievances of the American colonies.