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IJT 98 contents:
| The execution of Chemical Ali | ||
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Many Iraqis have been celebrating this week, following Monday’s execution of 68-year old ‘Chemical Ali’. Former defense minister, Ali Hassan Al-Majid, a cousin of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, received a fourth death sentence on Sunday, January 19th, 2010. This time it was for ordering the gas attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja, during which an estimated 5,000 people were killed. |
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| Goldsmith's shift on Iraq war | ||
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Britain’s former top lawyer admitted today that he “changed his mind” about the legality of the 2003 Iraq war. |
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| David Tolbert: Various mechanisms, same principles | ||
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David Tolbert will become the new president of the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) on March 2nd. The ICTJ works to redress and prevent severe human rights violations by confronting legacies of mass abuse. He arrives in New York after serving as Registrar for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. |
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| Germany seeks arrest of General Videla | ||
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Germany has issued an arrest warrant for Argentina’s former dictator General Jorge Videla on suspicion of murdering a German man. |
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| Russian parliament ratifies European Court reform | ||
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The upper house of Russia’s parliament voted Wednesday to ratify a key protocol on reforming the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), allowing the reform to proceed after years of resistance from Moscow. |
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| Laurent Nkunda “illegally detained” | ||
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Former Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is being illegally detained by the Rwandan government, says his lawyer. Nkunda has been living under house arrest in Kigali for over a year without any trial in sight. |
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| Death Flight pilot extradited to Argentina | ||
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Retired pilot Julio Poch will be extradited to Argentina to face charges of running ‘death flights’ under the country’s former military dictatorship. Spain’s National Court ruled last week that there are sufficient guarantees to ensure that Poch would receive a fair trial in Argentina. |
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