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ICTY appoints UK lawyer to represent Karadzic
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic if he continues to boycott his trial when proceedings resume in…
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Islamic countries lobbying for treaty against religious defamation: report
[JURIST] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has begun lobbying for the UN General Assembly to pass an international treaty protecting religious beliefs and symbols from defamation, according to an AP report Friday. The…
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Federal judge orders health benefits for same-sex spouse of federal employee
[JURIST] A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) to provide health benefits to the same-sex spouse…
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Senate confirms Obama's earliest judicial nominee after delay
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm Judge David Hamilton to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, overcoming Republican opposition to secure President Barack Obama's first and longest-delayed judicial…
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US only holdout on UN child rights treaty after Somalia announces intent to ratify
[JURIST] The Somali Transitional Federal Government on Friday announced its intention to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which, if successful, would make the US the only UN member state not…
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Ninth Circuit upholds ruling to block advocacy intervention in Proposition 8 suit
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition 8,…
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Argentina Senate approves law to compel DNA from suspected 'Dirty War' children
[JURIST] The Argentine Senate on Thursday voted 57-1 to approve a law that authorizes the government to obtain DNA samples from individuals suspected to have been born to forced disappearance victims of the 1976-1983 "Dirty…
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New York high court rules same-sex spouses of state employees entitled to benefits
[JURIST] The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a challenge to two policies that provide benefits to same-sex couples married outside of the state. The first policy was a 2006 decision by the…
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Somalia, Afghanistan ranked most corrupt countries in annual survey
[JURIST] The conflict-ravaged nations of Somalia, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, and Iraq rank among the world's most corrupt, according to the 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) prepared by Transparency International (TI). The index, released Tuesday, ranked…
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Russia Constitutional Court extends moratorium on death penalty
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Russia on Thursday extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment. In 1997, Russia signed, but did not ratify, Protocol…