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Cluster munitions treaty opened for signature at Norway conference
December 3, 2008
[JURIST] The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) [text; official website] banning the use of most such weapons was opened for signature Wednesday at a conference [official website] in Oslo, Norway. More than 100 countries adopted the convention [JURIST report] in May at a meeting in Dublin,.... [more]

Russia president calls for judicial reforms to stem shift to Europe rights court
December 3, 2008
[JURIST] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday proposed [transcript, in Russian] that Russian courts become more transparent in order to restore faith in the justice system and prevent people from turning to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).... [more]

Russia to create new laws to fight insider trading
December 2, 2008
[JURIST] The head of Russia's Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) [official website], Vladimir Milovidov [official profile], said Monday that next year Russia will create new laws that regulate insider trading [FFMS backgrounder] and establish a compensation fund for victims of investment.... [more]

Kazakhstan falling short on reforming election laws: HRW
December 1, 2008
[JURIST] Kazakhstan has fallen short on its pledges to reform election laws before it takes over as chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [official website], Europe's main security and human rights body, in 2010, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in.... [more]

Russian judge refuses to step down from Politkovskaya case
November 28, 2008
[JURIST] Moscow Military District Court judge Yevgeny Zubov Wednesday refused to recuse himself from the trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive]. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office [official.... [more]

Russia upper house approves presidential term extension amendments
November 26, 2008
[JURIST] Russia's Federation Council [official website, in Russian], the upper house of parliament, voted 144-1 on Wednesday to approve amendments to the Russian Constitution [materials] that would extend presidential terms [Article 81(1) text] from four to six years and terms for members of the.... [more]

Russia court denies rehabilitation of Polish officers killed in Katyn massacre
November 26, 2008
[JURIST] The Moscow City Court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court's decision not to legally rehabilitate captured Polish officers executed in 1940 during the Katyn massacre [Polish government backgrounder], in which more than 20,000 Polish Army reservists, academics and politicians were killed in.... [more]

Russian prosecutors indict Berezovsky on fraud, money laundering charges
November 25, 2008
[JURIST] Russia's Prosecutor General's Office [official website] on Tuesday announced the indictment [press release, in Russian] of exiled business tycoon Boris Berezovsky [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] for fraud and money laundering. The charges, filed under the Russian Criminal Code.... [more]

Russian prosecutors urge judge's dismissal as journalist murder trial reopened
November 25, 2008
[JURIST] Moscow Military District Court Judge Yevgeny Zubov on Tuesday reopened to the public the trial of three men accused of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive] amid increasing confusion and calls from prosecutors for his removal from the case. Last.... [more]

Russia top court reviewing judge in journalist murder trial
November 23, 2008
[JURIST] Russia's Supreme Court has decided to review the actions of a Moscow District Military Court judge presiding over the trial of three men accused in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya [BBC obituary], according to a court spokesman quoted in local media reports [Moscow Times.... [more]



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