Crime
The ICJ and the crime of genocide
Often seen as the "crime of crimes", genocide is defined by the special intent to "destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group".
H.E. Shlomit Sufa
Results for "Vegas case"
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Tech
eBay pays $3m fine in blogger harassment case
Executives at eBay sent live spiders and cockroaches to Ina and David Steiner, according to court papers.
BBC
Courts
Allow your ex-husband to rename child - Sekondi court orders woman
"I order that petitioner is at liberty to name the child of the marriage by performing a naming ceremony and/or ensuring that the name given to the child is captured in her (child’s) records," the court held.
DL News
Europe
Swiss court rejects bid to drop Gambian ex-minister's trial
Ousman Sonko denies the accusations, which are said to have happened under the repressive regime of The Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh.
BBC
Courts
Accountant hauled to court for allegedly falsifying GRA receipts
Michael allegedly managed to acquire these properties by forging 39 Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) official payment receipts of BMG Infrastructure Limited.
thechronicle
US
Trump’s legal defeat in Colorado may turn into political gold
The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling to disqualify the former president from the Republican Party's upcoming primary ballot is yet another unprecedented moment in US politics.
BBC
Africa
Uganda court hears challenge to harsh anti-gay law
It imposes severe punishments on those convicted of same-sex acts including the death penalty for some crimes.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Presidential spouse salary case: Supreme Court to deliver judgment February 28
A seven-member panel of the apex court heard arguments yesterday from counsels for the applicants and the Attorney-General and subsequently fixed the date for the judgment.
DL News
US
Former Facebook diversity leader pleads guilty to stealing more than $4 million from company
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, who led various Facebook Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs from 2017 through mid-2021, stole the money “through an elaborate scheme involving fraudulent vendors, fictitious charges, and cash kickbacks,” the U.S...
CNBC
General
Controversies surrounding the Ewoyaa Lithium Mining Lease: Some Comments
In October 2023, Atlantic Lithium received a 15-year mining lease from Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project. This authorization enables the company to develop a lithium mine and processing facility...
Kofi Ansah & Fui Tsikata
Courts
78-year-old ex-soldier jailed 12 years for defilement
It was the Gender-Based Violence Circuit Court at Nungua, presided over Dora G A Inkumsah Eshun, which found him guilty and sentenced him on November 28, 2023.
GRAPHIC ONLINE
US
Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
Manuel Rocha wept as he sat handcuffed in Miami federal court on charges that he engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba’s behalf since at least 1981 — the year he joined the U.S. foreign service
AP News
US
American actor Jamie Foxx, others accused of sexual assault as window for historical lawsuits closes
The lawsuits were filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which lets adult victims sue over attacks that occurred decades ago - a law which expires after Thanksgiving on Thursday and has seen more than 2,500 actions so far
Sky News
Europe
Italy mafia trial: 200 sentenced to 2,200 years for mob links
The three-year trial saw individuals, including a former Italian senator sentenced for alleged links to the 'Ndrangheta, one of Europe's most influential criminal organisations.
BBC
Crime
Two teachers jailed 6 years each for forging Judicial Service receipt
Lordfred Heward Mills, the main architect of the crime was jailed in absentia while Lawrence Ansu Asante, the second accused person, was escorted by the police to jail.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Kuranchie’s suit against John Mahama’s presidential bid dismissed
Justice Yonni Kulendi, a member of the seven panel of judges that presided over gave this advice to Mr Kuranchie, who filed a suit to asking the court to stop former President John Mahama from contesting the 2024 General Election.
DL News
Courts
Ashanti Region: Jurors to remain on strike despite part payment?
The jurors suspended their services last week citing the delay in the payment of their allowances.
DL News
Europe
UK Supreme Court rejects Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
Judges uphold appeal court ruling over risk to deported refugees and deals blow to PM’s ‘stop the boats’ strategy
The Guardian
Africa
Ex-doctor on trial in France over Rwanda genocide
Sosthene Munyemana was a 29-year-old gynaecologist living in the south of Rwanda at the time of the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people were killed.
BBC