JURIST - Monitor: December 2006

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Saddam Hussein hanging video [unofficial]
7:55 PM ET

Saddam Hussein execution, cell phone camera video, December 30, 2006 [WARNING: graphic images].Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Saturday, December 30, 2006

Saddam Hussein hanging video [official]
6:19 AM ET

Saddam Hussein execution, al-Iraqiya TV, December 30, 2006 [WARNING: graphic images]. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Hariri assassination probe briefing [UN]
10:50 PM ET

UN International Independent Investigation Commission chief Serge Brammertz briefs on the latest report by the Commission and the process of its investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, December 18, 2006. RealPlayer, 31 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Friday, December 15, 2006

ICC Darfur investigation briefing [UN SC]
4:02 PM ET

Briefing on the ICC investigation into crimes in Darfur, ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, UN Security Council, December 14, 2006 [discussing submission of the latest report to the Council and next steps in the investigation]. RealPlayer, 24 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Ban Ki-Moon UN SG swearing-in ceremony [UN]
6:58 PM ET

Oath-of-office ceremony for next UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, UN, December 14, 2006 [UN General Assembly pays tribute to Secretary-General Kofi
Annan and administers oath-of-office new SG Ban Ki-moon]. RealPlayer, 1 hr 42 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Leahy Senate Judiciary Committee preview address [GULC]
6:49 PM ET

Ensuring Liberty and Security Through Checks and Balances: A Fresh Start for the Senate Judiciary Committee in the New 110th Congress, US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Georgetown University Law Center, December 13, 2006. QuickTime Player, 1 hr. Access recorded video here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Disability rights treaty adoption briefing [UN]
9:54 PM ET

Ambassador Don MacKay of New Zealand, chairman of the UN General Assembly committee that negotiated the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, briefs following the General Assembly's adoption of the Convention, December 13, 2006. Watch recorded video.

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Disability rights treaty adoption [UN General Assembly]
9:18 PM ET

Adoption of the final report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, UN General Assembly, December 13, 2006. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Monday, December 11, 2006

UN SG Annan farewell address [UN]
10:55 PM ET

Global Governance and the Role of the United States, farewell address, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, December 11, 2006. RealPlayer, 48 mins. Listen to recorded audio [video not available]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

UN SG Annan Human Rights Day address [UN]
5:51 PM ET

Remarks marking International Human Rights Day, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, December 8, 2006. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Bush Iraq Study Group report remarks [White House]
2:44 PM ET

President Bush remarks on the Iraq Study Group report, White House, December 6, 2006 [urging Congress to consider the report and expressing support for its findings]. RealPlayer, 4 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Maryland same-sex marriage oral arguments [MD CA]
12:37 PM ET

Oral arguments in the Maryland same-sex marriage ban case, Maryland Court of Appeals, December 5, 2006 [challenging a 1973 state law banning same-sex marriage]. RealPlayer, 58 mins. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.