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Abstract: Bringing Power to Justice: Absence of Immunity for Heads of States before the International Criminal Court
What: Bringing Power to Justice: Absence of immunity for heads of state before the International Criminal Court Who: Amnesty International, International Justice Project team When: 9 December 2010 Where: AI Website Abstract: “This paper analyses the absence of immunity for heads of state before the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court) and discusses its [...]
Posted in ICC, Report Also tagged Amnesty International, arrest, head of state, ICC, International Criminal Court, Omar al-Bashir, request for assistance, request for surrender, Rome Statute, Sudan, surrender Comments closed
USA: Samantar v. Yousuf: USSC Votes for Accountability
2010-06-01, Washington D.C., U.S.A. The USSC rendered its judgment in Samantar v. Yousuf - a case filed by the CJA on behalf of victims of violations of human rights against a former Somali Minister of Defense and Prime Minister Mohamed Ali Samantar. The claim was brought under the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 and the Alien Tort Statute. [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged agency or instrumentality, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Alexandria, Alien Tort Statute, Allyson K. Duncan, Amy Howe, Andrea C. Evans, ATS, Bashe Abid Yousuf, Beth Stephens, Center for Justice and Accountability, CJA, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, corporate entity, David J. Strandness, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, FSIA, head-of-state immunity, Howe & Russell, human rights, individual officials, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Jones Day, Jr., judgment, Julian H. Spirer and Fred B. Goldberg, Kevin K. Russell, Kyle C. Wong, L. Kathleen Roberts, lack of subject matter jurisdiction, Lauren Kerwin, Leonie M. Brinkema, Lori R. E. Ploeger, Mark J. MacDougall, Maureen P. Alger, Michael A. Carvin, Minister of Defense, Mohamed Ali Samantar, Natasha E. Fain, official capacity, Pamela M. Merchant, Pamela S. Karlan, Patricia A. Millett, Patricia Millet, Paul V. Lettow, political body, Prime Minister, Robert B. King, Robert R. Vieth, Rule 12(b)(1), Samantar v. Yousuf, SCOTUS, Shay Dvoretzky, Somalia, Spirer & Goldberg, Standlord Law School, state sovereign immunity, Steven Schulman, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Thomas C. Goldstein, torture, Torture Victim Protection Act, Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, TVPA, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, United States Supreme Court, USSC, William B. Traxler Comments closed
Netherlands: Court of Appeal Upholds UN & Dutch Gov. Immunity from Srebrenica Lawsuit
2010-03-30, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Dutch Court of Appeal rendered its judgment in the civil lawsuit brought against the United Nations and the Dutch Government by the Mothers of Srebrenica. The NGO’s lead counsel, Marco R Gerritsen and Axel Hagedorn, both of Van Diepen Van der Kroef, stated in the public statement that the issue [...]
Posted in Domestic Courts Also tagged Axel Hagedorn, ECJ, European Court of Justice, G.J.H. Houtzagers, genocide, government, Marco R Gerritsen, sovereign immunity, Srebrenica, Supreme Court, the Mothers of Srebrenica, the Netherlands, United Nations, Van Diepen Van der Kroef Comments closed
United Kingdom: Parliament Amends ‘Universal Jurisdiction’ Law