The press release for the 4 terrorist suspects in the Hariri assassination reveals that the confidentiality has been lifted in case any member of the public should see them and recognise them. Read more... |
In a surprise announcement by the STL today 4 Lebanese accused were named as those suspected of being involved in the assassination of ex Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri and/or related terrorist explosions. Read more... |
Statement by Lord Avebury, Chairman of the International Bangaldesh Foundation and Co-Chair of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission. Read more... |
Goran Hadzic, the last remaining fugitive of the 161 suspected persons indicted by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), made his initial appearance before Judge Kwon O-gon on Monday 25 July 2011. At the hearing, Hadzic declined to enter a plea and waived reading of the 14-count indictment. In accordance with the rules of the ICTY, he has been allowed 30 days to reflect on the contents of the indictment prior to entering a plea. Read more... |
Norwegian police are considering charging Anders Behring Breivik, the man who admitted killing 76 people in Friday's attacks in Norway with crimes against humanity, prosecutor Christian Hatlo has said. Read more... |
Steven Kay QC has been asked with Eeva Heikkila to represent the Mothers of Beslan against the State of Russia in their action at the European Court of Human Rights for damages as a result of the large number of deaths of school children in the assault by Russian forces against terrorists who had taken the school in Beslan Read more... |
In a statement released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch recognised that the recent amendments to the rules of procedure for the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) fail to bring the tribunal in line with international fair trial standards. Read more... |
Yesterday a court in the Netherlands ruled that the Dutch state was responsible for the deaths of three Bosniaks killed during the Srebrenica massacres. The court ordered the government to pay compensation to the dead men's relatives. Read more... |
The 9 Bedford Row International Annual Conference is on Saturday 1st October 2011 in London.
Steven Kay QC, John Cammegh, Gillian Higgins and Toby Cadman will be reviewing some of the cases and situations that the 9BRi international criminal law team have dealt with in the last year at the ICC, ICTY, STL and Bangladesh Courts. Read more... |
The tragic death of Sergei Magnitsky who was falsely accused by Russian Police and held in custody by Russian Judges for no good reason as being a suspect in a crime the Police had in fact committed in a conspiracy with the Russian Tax authorities, is to be covered in one of the sessions at the 9 Bedford Row International Conference on 1 October 2011. The police who committed the crime of which Magnitsky complained were appointed to investigate the case against them! Read more... |
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