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EU court temporarily exempts Inuit from seal hunting ban
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 4:12pm MSD
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[JURIST] The EU General Court [official website] has issued a temporary injunction exempting Inuit hunters from Canada and Greenland from an EU ban on seal hunting that went into effect on Friday. Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 [text, PDF] recognizes seals as "sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering," and bans all imports containing seal products. In January, representatives of Canada's Inuit population filed suit in the EU General Court [JURIST report] challenging the ban on seal products, arguing that the hunting represented a traditional aspect of the Inuit's lifestyle. The plaintiffs in the case... -
Dutch prosecutors open investigation into officer conduct in Srebrenica
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 4:02pm MSD
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[JURIST] The Dutch National Prosecution Office [official website, in Dutch] announced Friday that it will open an investigation [press release, in Dutch] into whether Dutch peacekeeping soldiers should face criminal charges for their actions during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [JURIST news archive] in Bosnia. The inquiry was commenced after relatives of victims began proceedings against three soldiers for failing to protect their family members by forcing the victims out of a UN-designated "safe area" [resolution materials] and turning them over to Bosnian Serbs. Srebrenica was under protection of Dutch soldiers serving under the UN when Bosnian Serbs attacked, killing more... -
Thailand court approves US extradition of suspected Russia arms dealer
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 12:10pm MSD
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[JURIST] An appeals court in Thailand ruled Friday that accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout [BBC profile] can be extradited to the US to face charges [indictment, PDF] including conspiracy to kill US nationals and conspiracy to provide material support to a proscribe terrorist group. The court's decision overturned a decision issued by the Bangkok Criminal Court last August, refusing to extradite Bout [JURIST report] on the basis that the accusations made by the US were not cognizable under Thai law. The appeals court ruled that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) [GlobalSecurity backgrounder], the group Bout is accused... -
Guatemala ex-president ordered to stand trial for embezzlement
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 10:12am MSD
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[JURIST] A Guatemalan judge ruled Wednesday that former president Alfonso Portillo [CIDOB profile, in Spanish] and two of his former ministers will stand trial on charges of embezzlement. Portillo, president of Guatemala from 2000-2004, is accused of diverting approximately USD $15 million in funds from the Ministry of Defense. The ministers of finance and defense who served under Portillo face similar charges. The judge issued his ruling after the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official website, in Spanish] provided sufficient evidence to the court of Portillo's corruption. The judge's determination was also aided by evidence provided by the... -
Rights groups urge Cameroon to decriminalize same-sex acts
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 9:41am MSD
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[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Alternatives-Cameroun [advocacy websites] on Thursday urged the government of Cameroon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to decriminalize consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex [press release]. Under Article 347 of the Cameroon Penal Code [DHS backgrounder], same-sex acts are subject to a punishment of six months to five years in prison. The groups called on the Cameroon government to implement the July recommendations [report, DOC] of the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) [official website]. After a periodic review [press release] of Cameroon's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights... -
SEC charges New Jersey with securities fraud
Posted: August 20th, 2010, 8:24am MSD
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[JURIST] The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] announced [press release] Wednesday that it has charged [order, PDF] the state of New Jersey with securities fraud for failing to disclose to municipal bond investors that it was underfunding two of the state's largest pension plans. Between August 2001 and August 2007, New Jersey sold more than $26 billion in municipal bonds and in the 79 offerings misrepresented material information in regard to the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund (TPAF) and the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) [official websites] in violation of Sections 17(a)(2) and 17(a)(3) of the Securities...