Full Coverage: Law

30.03.2005 The trial of Mersad Licina (38), from Rozaj, Djordje Petrovic and Zoran Cubrakovic from Pozega, on the charges of human trafficking, continues in front of the Council presided by Judge Darko Konatar, at the Court of Second Jurisdiction in Bijelo Polje.

29.03.2005 Last week, MANS organized a public debate in Budva, to discuss the problem of corruption in Montenegro. Citizens believe that poverty is one of the main reasons for the prevalence of corruption, and complained about the lack of clear political will to fight the corruption.

25.03.2005 The Committee of Human Rights Lawyers YUCOM and the Media Centre Nis organize a two day advanced “Public Administration and Free Access to Information” course. The Course will take place at the MCN, today and tomorrow (March 25-26).

25.03.2005 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the State Union Serbia and Montenegro acknowledges with great satisfaction the positive outcome of the 36th Session of the Parliament of the State Union, during which the Law on Asylum of Serbia and Montenegro was adopted.

24.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 24 (OneWorld) - A novel coalition of conservatives and liberals normally at each other's throats over the nature of government and free speech have made common cause to oppose key parts of the USA Patriot Act anti-terrorism law.

24.03.2005 In picking scientist and long-time Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employee Steve Johnson to lead the EPA, analysts hoped President Bush was signaling that the government agency would consider science above politics in environmental decisions. Clean Air Watch president Frank O'Donnell writes, however, that the White House continues to place industry interests first.

24.03.2005 In principle, the campaign silence period should be in force in Macedonia, concluded the round-table discussion “Campaign Silence – Yes or No?”, held yesterday in Skopje, organized by the NGO InfoCentre and the Media Development Centre. The participants in the discussion disagreed only on the manner of application and the regulation of the Silence.

16.03.2005 As the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Commission convenes in Geneva this month, Amnesty International calls on member nations 'to reaffirm unequivocally that the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment applies in all circumstances, including the war on terror.'

15.03.2005 President Bush surprised some by positing that the U.S. should abide by a recent decision of the International Court of Justice in The Hague that 51 death sentences for Mexicans in the U.S. should be reviewed. Bush then followed-up by pulling the U.S. out of the part of the 1969 treaty that makes the court's decisions binding.

08.03.2005 Esperanza Amaris Miranda aurait été enlevée par trois hommes armés le 16 octobre 2003 alors qu’elle se trouvait à son domicile. Ces hommes - qui appartiennent, semble-t-il, à un groupe paramilitaire soutenu par l’armée - l’ont contrainte à monter dans un taxi et ont démarré. Lorsque sa fille, âgée de vingt et un ans, s’est accrochée à la portière du véhicule en mouvement, les hommes en sont descendus et l’ont rouée de coups de pied. Quelques minutes plus tard, le corps d’Esperanza a été abandonné sur la chaussée. Elle avait été tuée par balle.

08.03.2005 The Prosecution Office of the Hague Tribunal confirmed today that it brought up charges against Ramush Haradinaj, the Prime Minister of Kosovo. Haradinaj is charged with war crimes committed in Kosovo, but the Prosecution didnÂ’t enter into details on specific cases.

08.03.2005 "It is often claimed that guns are needed to protect women and their families but the reality is totally opposite. Women want guns out of their lives," said a human rights campaigner in a new report proving that women face a disproportionately high risk of being the victim of a crime with a gun. But new laws in Canada and Australia dramatically decreased female gun murder rates, offering hope for women worldwide.

07.03.2005 On the suspicion of taking part in an organized criminal group, the Special Department for Organized Crime and Corruption of the B&H Prosecution Office brought up the charges against Dragan Covic, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to Covic, who is also charged with abuse of office and bribing members of the judiciary, charges were brought against the Chairman of the Constitutional Court Mate Tadic, the brothers Ivankovic from the “Lijanovic” Meat Processing Industry, and Zdravko Lucic, professor at the Sarajevo Law Faculty.

02.03.2005 Les procès du 2 mars 2005 de Fikret Baskaya et de Ragip Zarakolu symbolisent la persistance des problèmes liés à la liberté d'expression en Turquie
PEN International, l'UIE, ainsi que de nombreuses autres ONG internationales comme Amnesty international ou Human Rights Watch, sont présentes en Turquie afin d'assister aux procès de l'éditeur Ragip Zarakolu et de l'écrivain Fikret Baskaya. Les deux procès ont lieu le 2 mars 2005 respectivement à Istanbul et à Ankara.

02.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 2 (OneWorld) - Democratic lawmakers and a broad array of public interest groups are ratcheting up opposition to candidates for federal judgeships whose nominations Senate Democrats had blocked during Congress's last term.

02.03.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Mar 1 (OneWorld) - Leading rights advocates filed a lawsuit Tuesday against U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of eight men allegedly tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

02.03.2005 The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the execution of juvenile offenders Tuesday. A broad coalition of national civil rights groups, religious denominations, legal organizations, and medical associations had long urged the landÂ’s highest court to end the practice, which only a few countries--including China, Iran, and Pakistan--still employ.