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  • KENYAN VP TO BE HONOURED FOR EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP BY US UNIVERSITY 25 Jul 2008 02:31 GMT
    ... between countries. Mr. Musyoka added that Kenya advocates for the removal of trade barriers to ... of Ministers from Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Also ...

  • U.N. report cites "lessons" from Sudan attack 25 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... how peacekeepers behaved during the conflicts in Rwanda and the Balkans. UNMIS is a 10,000-strong U.N. ... their border dispute over to an international court in The Hague for a final settlement. According ...

  • DPNR Details Anti-Corruption Measures 25 Jul 2008 02:26 GMT
    ... the commissioner, who would then contact the Attorney General's office or union officials depending on ... are circumventing local coastal zone and environmental laws, Finance Committee chairman Sen. Terrence "Positive" Nelson ... Program. 2008-07-24 01:08:42 bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=2 height=1> The Rwanda Project came full circle Wednesday as Karlen Talbert, ...

  • New Minimum Wage Takes Effect, Tops Out in 2009 25 Jul 2008 02:26 GMT
    ... employers must comply with the new federal law even though it is higher than the ... Program. 2008-07-24 01:08:42 bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=2 height=1> The Rwanda Project came full circle Wednesday as Karlen Talbert, ... 2008-07-22 08:24:15 bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=2 height=1> The U.S. Attorney's office and the Regional Community Policing Institute ...

  • UN chief nominates South African judge as next human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT
    ... UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon nominated South African judge Navanethem Pillay on Thursday as the new ... served as judge on the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands. Prior to ... on the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which she joined in 1995. Montas said that ...

  • G8 Hypocrisy 25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
    ... summit in Egypt expressed their solidarity with Rwanda regarding foreign indictments that were filed against senior ... the Rwanda Defence Forces by two European judges. Indeed, commentators note that Zimbabwe is the ... Meanwhile, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, requested an arrest warrant ...

  • Cindy McCain and the smell of death 25 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT
    ... McCain and the smell of death KIGALI, Rwanda -- Cindy McCain's first visit to this ... by the ONE Campaign, a group that advocates for the fight against global poverty and ...

  • Gas Hits $5-Plus on St. John, Bit Better Elsewhere 25 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT
    ... Program. 2008-07-24 01:08:42 bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=2 height=1> The Rwanda Project came full circle Wednesday as Karlen Talbert, ... 2008-07-22 08:24:15 bgcolor=#cccccc colspan=2 height=1> The U.S. Attorney's office and the Regional Community Policing Institute ... Division, held a workshop on federal labor laws Monday at Gertrude's Restaurant on St. Croix. ...

  • South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay nominated as next UN high commissioner for human rights 25 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT
    ... School degree, serves as an appeals chamber judge with the Dutch-based International Criminal Court, where she has been since 2003. Pillay, ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in ...

  • SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGE TO BE APPOINTED AS NEXT UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF 25 Jul 2008 01:15 GMT
    ... SOUTH AFRICAN JUDGE TO BE APPOINTED AS NEXT UN HUMAN ... served as Judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague, Netherlands. Prior ... on the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which she joined in 1995. Mr. Ban's ...

  • UN Secretary General Nominates Abortion Advocate for Top Human Rights Post 25 Jul 2008 00:38 GMT
    ... UN Secretary General Nominates Abortion Advocate for Top Human Rights Post NEW YORK, ... considered for membership to South Africa's Constitutional Court, Pillay expressed concern that including a "right ... judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, a post she occupied from 1995 until ...

  • SAfrican lawyer nominated as UN human rights chief 25 Jul 2008 00:34 GMT
    ... School degree, serves as an appeals chamber judge with the Dutch-based International Criminal Court, where she has been since 2003. Pillay, ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1995. She became that court's president in ...

  • The 10 most infamous cases 24 Jul 2008 22:56 GMT
    ... justice. Nazi Germany and Japan's leaders were prosecuted in trials that laid bare the war's ... humanity. The idea of a permanent international court, however, proved impossible to implement until 2002, ... tribunals to deal with atrocities committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia. Based in The Hague, the International ...

  • South African named as U.N. rights head despite U.S. doubts 24 Jul 2008 22:32 GMT
    ... is a judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.N. diplomats and officials ... was on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, eventually becoming its president. Jo Ann Palchak, a U.S. attorney and expert on the ICC and Rwanda ...

  • True justice for Rwanda won't come from France 24 Jul 2008 21:49 GMT
    ... True justice for Rwanda won’t come from France In his column “The ... to do exactly that by certain European judges who have attempted to indict Rwandan military ... the government’s failure to produce them to court in time. Uganda has been growing at ...

  • SAfrican judge picked for UN rights post 24 Jul 2008 21:34 GMT
    ... SAfrican judge picked for UN rights post UN chief ... appeals chamber judge on the International Criminal Court (ICC)," she told AFP. Diplomats and UN ... judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In that capacity, she played a key role ...

  • DRC Congo: Killing of Civilians Continues Despite Cease Fire Agreement 24 Jul 2008 21:14 GMT
    ... positions, and respect for international human rights laws. The Congolese government set up a peace program, ... the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan armed group whose leaders ...

  • Seeing is believing, but not without context 24 Jul 2008 20:35 GMT
    ... front of women guards. When images of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib were published in ... author of an acclaimed book on the Rwandan genocide. "This book is an attempt to say ... Gourevitch says. Fashioned into tools of great injustice, they became authority's scapegoats and subject themselves ...

  • Karadzic on Trial 24 Jul 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... of ethnic cleansing, they could involve the court in examination of an even broader range ... deadline will almost surely slip.) Many passionate advocates for Bosnian justice expect the court not ... difficult to establish. (The separate tribunal for Rwanda has produced a number of convictions for ...

  • UN appoints South African judge as human rights chief 24 Jul 2008 18:59 GMT
    ... replace Louise Arbour, a former Canadian Supreme Court justice, beginning in August for a four-year ... UN tribunal for the genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994. She was an attorney and conveyancer on South Africa's High Court ...

  • South African lawyer picked as next UN high commissioner for human rights 24 Jul 2008 18:56 GMT
    ... UNITED NATIONS - A judge from South Africa has been nominated for ... chamber judge with the Dutch-based International Criminal Court, would take over one of the UN's ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Pillay, who holds a Harvard Law School degree, ...

  • A history of humanitarianism 24 Jul 2008 18:56 GMT
    ... of setting up a mobile hospital in Rwanda. Arriving by private plane in mid-April, a ... by the ONE Campaign, a group that advocates for the fight against global poverty and ...

  • South African judge named next UN human rights chief 24 Jul 2008 18:55 GMT
    ... South African judge named next UN human rights chief Last ... as a judge at the International Criminal Court in the Hague since 2003. Before that, ... judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In that role, she was known for highlighting ...

  • South African lawyer picked as next UN high commissioner for human rights 24 Jul 2008 18:13 GMT
    ... for human rights UNITED NATIONS - A judge from South Africa has been nominated for ... chamber judge with the Dutch-based International Criminal Court, would take over one of the UN's ... judge to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Pillay, who holds a Harvard Law School degree, ...

  • Bell in mission for Rwanda 24 Jul 2008 18:12 GMT
    ... is joining 100 other Conservative volunteers in Rwanda for the start of Project Umubano 2008. The ... will focus on five areas: health, education, justice, the private sector, and a community cen ... The volunteers include doctors, nurses, entrepreneurs, teachers, lawyers, parliamentary researchers and local councillors. The parliamentary ...


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