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Assassination
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International Law Prof Blog
UN Commission to Investigate Assassination of Bhutto
On Friday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon formally announced the appointment of a independent commission charged with investigating the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. The Commission was…
International Law Prof Blog
In Guinea Bissau, the President is Assassinated
We have just received this from the United Nations, on the assassination yesterday of João Bernardo Vieira, the President of Guinea-Bissau:United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the killing of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Anna Politkovskaya Murder Investigation Reopens After Acquittal of All Defendants
After three men were acquitted in the Anna Politkovskaya murder case, law enforcement has begun a new investigation. One man believed to be involved, Rustam Makhmudov has still not been…
Media Law Prof Blog
More On the Assassination of Stanislav Markelov
Here's a piece from NPR on the death of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov.
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bhutto Assassination
The assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazar Bhutto will no doubt lead to more refugee flight from Pakistan. For a report on Muslim refugees in the United States click…
ContractsProf Blog
Some things money can’t buy
An odd standoff between the Marxist past and the capitalist present is shaping up over a unique historical artifact: the ice pick used to assassinate Leon Trotsky in Mexico City…
ContractsProf Blog
Today in History: July 10
1509: John Calvin (Jean Chauvin) is born, the son of a lawyer, in Noyon, France. He'll go on to become perhaps the first major Christian leader to endorse the lending…