http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/ JURIST's weblog of legal news and resources worth thinking about, by Professor Bernard Hibbitts and law students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 en-US http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/icty-rejects-karadzic-attempt-to-remove.php [JURIST] The Trial Chamber of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Monday denied a motion [decision, PDF] filed by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [case materials; JURIST news archive] requesting appellate review of the court's decision 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/military-court-convicts-us-soldier-of.php [JURIST] A US military court at Camp Arifjan [Global Security backgrounder] in Kuwait convicted Sergeant Jarret Taylor of abusing fellow troops and making a false official statement on Friday. Taylor's rank was reduced to private, he was sentenced to six months in jail, and was fined nearly 2009-11-24T06:55:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/leaked-documents-question-propriety-of.php [JURIST] UK government reports [The Sunday Telegraph materials] leaked on Sunday revealed many shortcomings in the country's involvement in the Iraq War, some possibly rising to the level of illegality. The documents show that the UK's plans for invasion of Iraq began secretly in February 2002 2009-11-23T14:02:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/kenya-committee-unveils-new-draft.php [JURIST] The Kenyan Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review [official website] unveiled the initial Harmonized Draft Constitution [text, PDF] last week. The changes are intended [Xinhua report] to reduce the widespread injustice throughout the country, and specifically address issues that 2009-11-23T13:04:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/algeria-court-acquits-two-former.php [JURIST] An Algerian criminal court acquitted former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees Abdulli Feghoul and Terari Mohamed on Sunday, according to the Algerie Presse Service (APS) [state news website, in French]. Feghoul and Mohamed were repatriated [DOD document, PDF; JURIST report] 2009-11-23T12:30:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/russia-lawyer-death-prompts-criticism.php [JURIST] A lawyer who represented London-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital [firm website] in a suit against Kremlin [official website, in Russian] officials alleging theft and fraud died in Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Center [BBC News report] in Moscow last week. Hermitage CEO William Browder 2009-11-23T12:29:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/china-human-rights-activist-huang-qi.php [JURIST] A Chinese court sentenced human rights activist Huang Qi to three years in prison Monday on the charge of illegally holding state secrets. Huang was a critic [AP report] of the Chinese government's handling of the 2008 earthquake in the Sichuan Province [BBC backgrounder] that killed 2009-11-23T11:22:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/london-police-settle-with-family-of-man.php [JURIST] London's Metropolitan Police Service (Met) [official website] and the family of Jean Charles de Menezes [BBC profile] on Tuesday announced [press release] an end to litigation stemming from de Menezes' death, caused by two Met officers in 2005. No details were given about the compensation 2009-11-23T11:18:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/israel-supreme-court-bans-for-profit.php [JURIST] The Israeli Supreme Court [official website, in Hebrew] banned privately-run prisons on Thursday, ruling [opinion, in Hebrew] that they violate prisoners' fundamental rights by introducing an element of profit into the prison system. The court decided that The arrangement lays the 2009-11-23T11:05:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/afghan-cabinet-ministers-investigated.php [JURIST] The Afghan attorney general's office announced on Monday that two Afghan cabinet ministers are being questioned on corruption charges. The ministers are suspected of embezzlement [Reuters report] and are among 15 government officials currently under investigation. The announcement came a 2009-11-23T09:56:00-05:00 2009-11-24T07:45:00-05:00