Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
South African Court Rules Extradition of Mohamed to U.S. on Embassy Bombings Illegal On May 28, 2001, the South African Constitutional Court ruled that the handing over of Khalfan Khamis Mohamed, a Tanzanian national, to the U.S. in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa was... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, South Africa Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
U.S. Adds the Real IRA to List of Sanctioned Terrorist Groups On May 16, 2001, the U.S. Department of State added the Real Irish Republic Army to its official list of terrorist organization, citing the group for a campaign of violence in Northern Ireland and... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, Ireland Terrorism
U.N. Holds Preparatory Committee Debate for Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms On February 28-March 1, 2001, as the United Nations Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) held a general debate on the 2001 Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms, it heard that the conference should... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 World United Nations, Arms Trafficking
U.S. Consul Raises Evidentiary Inconsistencies with Mexican State Government Murder Prosecution of U.S. National On May 10, 2001, U.S. Consul Edward Vazquez met with Chihuahua State Governor Patricio Martinez and Attorney General Arturo Gonzalez to raise apparent evidentiary inconsistencies in the detention and... Bruce Zagaris 17 7 2001-07-01 United States, Mexico Immigration
Swiss Military Supreme Court Confirms Conviction of Rwandan for War Crimes On April 27, 2001 the Swiss Military Supreme Court (Cour militaire de cassation) upheld the conviction of Fulgence Niyonteze for war crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The trial... Tom Scheirs 17 7 2001-07-01 Switzerland, Rwanda War Crimes, Genocide
Albania’s Infant Money Laundering Legislation Turns One Attempts to introduce Western models of capitalism to Central and Eastern Europe have shown that reform of transition economies is frequently impeded by cultural legacies, economic stagnation,... Jeremy Kinsell 17 7 2001-07-01 Albania Money Laundering
ICTR Denies Judicial Review in Akayesu Case To recall: Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of Taba was found guilty by the ICTR of genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide and seven different counts of crimes against humanity... Tom Scheirs 17 7 2001-07-01 Rwanda Law of War, Genocide
EU Council Adopts Initiative on Execution of Orders Freezing Assets or Evidence On March 7, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a framework decision, whereby members of the European Union will be obligated to give judicial assistance in mutually recognizing orders... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Europe European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance
EU Adopts Directive on Criminal Sanctions for Environmental Law Violations On March 13, 2001, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive that for the first time would introduce criminal sanctions for breaches of environmental law at an EU level. The... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Europe Environment, European Union
Canadians Arrest Impersonator Wanted by 3 Countries On April 26, 2001, in Oak Bay on Vancouver Island, Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Christophe Rocancourt, an alleged impersonator who is wanted by authorities in the United States,... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Canada, United States, France, Switzerland Extradition, Fraud
U.S. Court Compels Judicial Assistance to Russian Tax Enforcement   On November 1, 2000, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an order of the district court denying efforts to dismiss proceedings brought by the U.S. Attorney, acting as... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Russia, United States Fraud, Taxation
Quebec Plan of Action Proposes Much Criminal Cooperation The Final Declaration and Plan of Action resulting from the Quebec Summit of the Americas contain many proposals to enhance criminal cooperation in the Western Hemisphere. The Declaration of Quebec... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 World Mutual Legal Assistance
Japan and P.R.C. Agree to Cooperate on Stolen Cultural Property On April 17, 2001, the Miho Museum, a major new antiquities museum near Kyoto, announced that it would return one of its masterpieces, a rare Buddhist statue from the People’s Republic of China (P.R.... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 China, Japan Art and Cultural Property
Jamaica and Barbados Take Steps To Join International Criminal Conventions The Jamaican and Barbados Governments have taken steps to join two Organization of American States criminal cooperation conventions. On March 30, 2001, Jamaica become the 22nd country in the... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Barbados, Jamaica Corruption, Arms Trafficking, International Courts
U.S. Appellate Court Holds Consular Treaty Gives No Exclusionary Rights to Defendants On February 26, 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a foreign national defendant in a criminal case cannot invoke the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 United States Counterfeiting
Peru Officials Meet with Venezuela Over Montesinos Search On April 13, 2001, the media reported that Peruvian Interior Minister Antonio Ketin Vidal met with senior Venezuelan law enforcement officials in Caracas in an effort to obtain strengthened help in... Bruce Zagaris 17 6 2001-06-01 Peru, Venezuela Money Laundering, Arms Trafficking
ICTY Convicts Three for Rape and Enslavement as Crime Against Humanity On February 22, 2001, the ICTY delivered its judgement in the Foca rape case. The judgement is of historic importance since it is the first time ever rape and enslavement were withheld as crimes... Tom Scheirs 17 6 2001-06-01 Balkans Human Rights, War Crimes
Scotland Yard to Open Investigation Against Saddam Hussein In the course of the month of April 2001, Lord Williams, the British Attorney General has asked Scotland Yard to start an investigation against Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi President and his Minister of... Tom Scheirs 17 6 2001-06-01 United Kingdom, Iraq War Crimes
Yugsolav Government Delivers ICTY Indictment to Milosevic On May 3, 2001, the Yugoslav Government delivered to Slobodan Milosevic an arrest warrant and a list of war crimes charges against him after the International Tribunal for War Crimes in the Former... Tom Scheirs 17 6 2001-06-01 Balkans Corruption, War Crimes
ICTY Renders Judgement in Kordic and Cerkez Case On February 26, 2001, the ICTY sentenced Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez to 25 and 15 years of imprisonment respectively. The accused were found guilty of having committed crimes against humanity,... Tom Scheirs 17 6 2001-06-01 Balkans Human Rights, War Crimes

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