Enter a term to search in World-News:
Found 12 items related to »the rule of law«. Displaying items 1 to 10.
Gitmo Trial Puts White House In Tight Spot
By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent Top U.N. official calls defendant a 'child soldier,' says proceedings violate international legal norms. http://www.informa tionclearinghouse.info/art icle26124.htm... ...
rudkla - 14. Aug, 10:06
U.S. boasts highest prison incarceration numbers in world
With it's harsh drug laws, minimum sentencing guidelines and repeated imprisonment of non-violent offenders, the country has literally thrown the shackles on millions of individuals. In fact, the great... ...
rudkla - 6. Aug, 10:54
The State of the Union
http://www.brasschecktv.co m/page/894.html -------- Too Big to Fail William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: "The phrase 'Too big to fail' entered the modern American lexicon with a terrible vengeance a couple... ...
rudkla - 12. Jul, 08:44
UK: Terrorism Search Power Violates Rights
Despite almost 450,000 section 44 stops and searches throughout the United Kingdom between April 2007 and April 2009, no one was successfully prosecuted for a terrorism offense as a result. http://bit.ly/cHr 6nR... ...
rudkla - 7. Jul, 22:37
Wall Street vs. Main Street: Final Showdown Threatens Reform
http://www.commondreams.or g/headline/2010/06/24-5 S ticking the Public With the Bill for the Bankers’ Crisis http://www.commondr eams.org/view/2010/06/28-1 -------- Banks 'Dodged a Bullet' as Congress... ...
rudkla - 2. Jul, 06:21
Study foretold a consequence of oil leak
Boston Globe 06/21/10 It wasn’t until seven weeks after the BP oil well began gushing that the company acknowledged oil remained hidden under the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and it continues to dispute... ...
rudkla - 25. Jun, 05:59
The power of the presidency
The Nation by Laura Flanders 06/17/10 Presid ent Obama’s announcement that BP would set aside $20 billion in a fund for victims of the Gulf spill is a welcome relief to communities where businesses and... ...
rudkla - 3. Jul, 10:16
Could International Criminal Court Deploy U.S. as World Law Enforcer?
The chief prosecutor of the court that purports to bring the rule of law to the planet is actively campaigning to appoint the United States - 'the world's most prolific perpetrator and sponsor of war crimes,... ...
rudkla - 10. Jun, 22:52
Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantanamo?
Andy Worthington, Truthout: "The recently released Final Report of President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force was supposed to provide a cogent and definitive analysis of the status of the remaining... ...
rudkla - 11. Aug, 05:52
Indefinite sentences ‘unlawful’, court rules
Indfependent [UK] 08/01/07 The policy of locking up some prisoners until it is considered safe to free them is in crisis after it was condemned as “arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful” by the High Court.... ...
rudkla - 1. Aug, 10:48
