Mexico Acts Against Illegal Migrants and Child Traffickers |
Mexican authorities increasingly are encountering and taking action against hundreds of persons without appropriate immigration documents going toward the U.S., some bringing children without proper... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Mexico, Guatemala |
Immigration, Sex Crimes |
European Justice and Home Affairs Council Continues Enforcement Cooperation Progress |
On May 27 and 28, 1999, the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union continued to make enforcement cooperation progress at its 2184th meeting. This article summarizes selected... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Europe |
International Organizations |
Mutual Evaluation: An Approach to Achieving Fairness and Progress in Implementing International Agreements |
The globalization of commerce, trade, and financial services places significant pressure on international efforts to address complex issues. The challenge is not simply adopting the best policies but... |
Stanley E. Morris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
World |
International Organizations |
War Crimes Tribunal Charges Milosevic and Four Leaders with War Crimes |
On May 27, 1999, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted and issued an arrest warrant for Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav President, and four high-level... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
Law of War, International Courts |
War Crimes Tribunal Prepares for New Investigations in Kosovo |
With the peace agreement in Kosovo, the International Tribunal for Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is preparing for a major expansion of its investigative efforts in Kosovo. On June 8, 1999,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
World |
Law of War, United Nations |
ICJ Rejects Yugoslav’s Request for Provisional Measures against NATO |
On June 2, 1999, the International Court of Justice rejected the request of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) for provisional measures in the case concerning Legality of Use of Force (... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Former Yugoslavia |
International Organizations, Law of War, International Courts |
War Crime Tribunal Continues to Obtain Custody over and Try Offenders |
On June 7, 1999, British troops in Bosnia arrested Drag Kulundzija, a former shift commander at the Keraterm concentration camp near Prijedor. According to George Robertson, the UK defense... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina |
Law of War |
Cayman Islands Agrees to Have UN Review Its Financial System |
On May 24, 1999, the media reported that the Cayman Islands Government has agreed to a review by the United Nations of its financial systems to show that the island is not a haven for drug... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Cayman Islands |
Money Laundering, United Nations, Drugs & Trafficking |
Inter-American Drug Abuse Controls Holds 25th Regular Session |
On May 3-7, 1999, the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) held its twenty-fifth regular session. Several important decisions were made,... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Latin America and South America |
Money Laundering, Drugs & Trafficking |
State Department Consular Notification and Access |
As a result of the number of foreign nationals that are arrested in the U.S., the U.S. Department of State has published a “Consular Notification and Access,” which provides instructions for federal... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States |
Human Rights |
Venezuela Presidents Denies US Request to Use Venezuela Air Space for Narcotics Flights As U.S. Scrambles to Replace the Loss of Panama for Counterdrug Efforts |
On May 24, 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he will deny a U.S. request to use Venezuela’s airspace for anti-narcotics flights. Meanwhile, the U.S. is scrambling to replace the use of... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Venezuela, Panama |
Drugs & Trafficking |
Italian Court Opens Case for Italians Who Disappeared in Argentina |
On May 20, 1999, Italian Judge Claudio D’Angelo decided to start an oral and public proceeding, where seven ex-military officials of Argentina will be prosecuted for the disappearance of eight... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Italy, Argentina |
Human Rights |
English Court of Appeal Refuses to Indirectly Enforce Danish Revenue Claim |
On May 21, 1999, an English Court of Appeal denied an effort by the Danish Revenue Authority to enforce its taxes against a Danish national, but the European integration law issues are likely to... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United Kingdom, , Ireland |
Taxation |
Trinidad Executes 9 Persons and Other Caribbean Governments Follow Its Lead |
On June 4, 5, and 7, 1999, Trinidad and Tobago executed nine persons at the gallows (by hanging), triggering a likely trend in other English-speaking Caribbean countries... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Caribbean |
Human Rights |
U.S. Extradition of Amezcua Declared Unconstitutional |
On May 19, 1999, a Mexican court declared efforts by the United States to extradite Jesús Amezcua, 33 and imprisoned in Mexico for nearly one year, unconstitutional because Mexico’s constitution... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Mexico |
Extradition |
Defending U.S. Citizens and Corporations in Cross Border Proceedings, Extradition, Mutual Assistance, and Asset Seizures: A French Perspective |
The irregularity of the formal conditions required for the validity of an extradition request cannot be raised before the extradition court when a court deals with a demand lodged by an individual to... |
Francois Serres and Miss Elodie LeGal |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, France |
Comparative and International Law |
Australian Court Denies N. Zealand Extradition Request on Fairness |
In 1999, an Australian court denied a New Zealand extradition request based on inability to guarantee due process to the fugitive if extradition was granted... [more] |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Australia, New Zealand |
Extradition |
Portugal Enacts Legislation to Assist International Criminal Tribunals |
Portugal is in the process of enacting legislation in order to assist the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the Former Yugoslavia. The draft act is now pending before Parliament.... |
Andre Klip |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Rwanda, Portugal, Former Yugoslavia |
International Courts |
Dominican Republic Arrests and Extradites Police Official to Haiti |
On June 5, 1999 Haiti Police Chief Jean Coles Rameau, who is sought in connection with the killings of 11 men in police custody, was arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Haiti... [... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
Haiti, Dominican Republic |
Extradition |
Antigua Arrests U.S. National in Florida Fraud Allegation |
On May 18, 1999, Antiguan authorities arrested William W. Cooper, a major player in Antigua’s international financial services sector, in connection with fraud allegations pending in U.S. District... |
Bruce Zagaris |
15 |
7 |
1999-07-01 |
United States, Antigua & Barbuda |
Money Laundering, Fraud |