Articles

E.g., 2026-06
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
Council of Europe Opens Convention on Cybercrime On November 23, 2001, the Council of Europe opened for signature its Convention on Cybercrime. The Convention culminates from many years of work and requires measures to be taken at the national... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 Europe Cybercrime, Intellectual Property, European Union, Sex Crimes
European Court of Human Rights Declares Application Against NATO Member States Inadmissible On December 19, 2001, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights declared the application in the case of Bankovic and others against Belgium and 16 other NATO Member States inadmissible... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 United States, Europe, Belgium, Balkans Immunity, Jurisdiction, War Crimes, International Courts
U.S. Court Dismisses Suit Challenging U.S. Policy of Afghan Detainees But Other Legal Challenges Start On February 21 ,2002, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz in Los Angeles dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of the detainees in the Afghanistan war, but two other legal challenges have... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, National Security, Terrorism
ICJ Instructs Belgium to Cancel International Arrest Warrant Against Former Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs On February 14, 2002, the International Court Justice rendered it judgement in the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo v. the Kingdom of Belgium. The Court deemed that the international arrest... Tom L.W. Scheirs 18 4 2002-04-01 United States, Belgium Human Rights, Jurisdiction, Law of War, War Crimes, International Courts
U.S. Continues to Assess ICC Options As the opening of the International Criminal Court (ICC) approaches, the Bush Administration is still evaluating its policy vis-a-vis the Court. The ICC will take effect after the 60th ratification... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 United States Jurisdiction, International Courts
President Bush Changes and Say Taliban Covered by Geneva Convention On February 7, 2002, U.S. President Bush reversed his prior position and declared that captured combatants who fought for Afghanistan’s Taliban regime will be formed covered by the Geneva Convention... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 United States Human Rights, Law of War, War Crimes, Prisoner Rights
Yugoslav Tribunal Joins All 3 Cases and Starts Milosevic Prosecution On February 1, 2002, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) overturned the decision issued by Trial Chamber III on December 13, 2001, refusing to... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 Balkans Law of War, International Courts
U.N. Ends Talks with Cambodia over Ad Hoc Tribunal for Khmer Rouge On February 8, 2002, the United Nations announced it was ending almost five years of controversial negotiations with the Cambodian Government concerning the established for a tribunal to try former... Bruce Zagaris 18 4 2002-04-01 Cambodia Law of War, United Nations, War Crimes, International Courts
U.K. Sets Hearings on U.S. Extradition Request of Terrorist Suspect On January 15, 2002, the media reported Timothy Workman, the British magistrate has said he will set a new bail hearing next month if U.S. authorities do not submit firm evidence linking him to... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, United Kingdom Extradition, Terrorism
U.S. Appellate Court Disallows U.S. Jurisdiction over Offshore Banks On December 27, 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the District Court’s ruling that the U.S. Government has no jurisdiction to forfeit funds against the Swiss American... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, Switzerland, Antigua & Barbuda Bank Secrecy, Jurisdiction, Fraud, Asset Forfeiture, White Collar Crime
U.N. and Sierra Leone Sign Agreement Creating Ad Hoc Tribunal on War Crimes On January 16, 2002, the United Nations and the Sierra Leone Government signed an agreement establishing an ad hoc tribunal to try persons accused of committing atrocities during the civil war in... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 World, Sierra Leone Law of War, United Nations, International Courts
EU Acts to Access Bank Accounts Under MLAT Protocol On October 16, 2001, the Council of the European Union adopted a Protocol to the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union that facilitates... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 Europe Bank Secrecy, Terrorism, European Union, Mutual Legal Assistance, Economic Integration
The African Union and the Application of Human Rights Norms in Africa In March 2001 the Assembly of the Organization of African an Unity (OAU), meeting in extraordinary session in Sirte, Libya, declared the establishment of a new pan-African political and economic... Konstantinos Magliveras & Gino J. Naldi 18 3 2002-03-01 Africa International Organizations, International Courts
Mexico Supreme Court Stays U.S. Extradition Request Due to Life Imprisonment Penalty On January 18, 2002, the media reported that Mexico’s Supreme Court has stayed extradition of Augustin Vazquez Mendoza, who is wanted in the 1994 murder of a U.S. drug agent because the U.S.... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, Mexico Extradition, Human Rights, Prisoner Rights
Swedish Government Requests Review of 3 Somali Swedes on U.S. Terrorist List The Swedish Government has insisted, against U.S. objections, on reviewing the cases of three Somali-born Swedish citizens whom the U.S. has put on the list of terrorists in the aftermath of the... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, France, Switzerland, Somalia International Organizations, Terrorism, United Nations, Asset Forfeiture
UN Security Council Hears Progress of Counter-Terrorism Committee On January 18, 2002, Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock of the United Kingdom, the chairman of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) established to deal with the September 11 attacks against... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, United Kingdom Terrorism, United Nations
Shanghai Cooperation Group Initiates Counter-terrorism Initiative On January 7, 2002, after a daylong meeting in Beijang, foreign ministers from six countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) agreed on counter-terrorism enforcement cooperation... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, China Terrorism
Europe Union Justice & Home Affairs Council Meeting On December 6 and 7, 2001, the European Union Justice & Home Affairs Council had its 2396th Council meeting. They reached agreement on a number of matters important for international criminal... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 Europe European Union
The European Commission Brings Up Again the Idea for a European Public Prosecutor After EUROJUST an “organization”created by the European Union on December 6, 2001 to help coordinate the investigation and prosecution of serious cross-border crime, the European Commission adopted a... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 Europe European Union
French Continue Controversial Investigation of Money Laundering & Correspondent Accounts In the middle of January 2002, as the criminal money laundering investigation of French banks involved in handling correspondent bank accounts has extended to more banks and bank executives, banking... Bruce Zagaris 18 3 2002-03-01 United States, France, Israel, Jordan Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy

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