Peter Herby, head of the Arms Unit of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) , expressed hope Wednesday that text of a treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs could...
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UN rights panel urges Saudi Arabia to end male guardianship system for women
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Friday called for Saudi Arabia to abolish laws that give men complete guardianship over women. Under current Saudi law, women have few or no...
Zimbabwe opposition to challenge ban on march under amended public order law
Zimbabwean police banned an opposition party political march on Tuesday, setting the stage for a legal battle involving recent amendments to Zimbabwe's restrictive Public Order and Security Act , which allows police to deny any party's...
The German Federal Ministry of Justice Wednesday circulated a new draft of a law aimed at maintaining state control over auto maker Volkswagen AG . The European Court of Justice...
The Austrian Parliament passed legislation setting a complete ban on cluster munitions Thursday, and making a disarmament goal to destroy Austria's stockpile of approximately 10,000 devices over three years. Austria is the second...
Cluster munitions conference ends without agreement on binding ban
A week-long meeting of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) concluded Tuesday without delegates reaching an agreement on a legally binding ban on cluster munitions . Representatives from 102 nations...
Defense contractor convicted of all charges in Cunningham bribery trial
A federal jury sitting in San Diego Monday convicted former US defense contractor Brent Wilkes of 13 felonies, including money laundering, fraud and conspiracy, in connection with bribes he paid to disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham ....
US open to cluster munitions limitations, still opposes complete ban
The US delegation to the Meetings of the Group of Governmental Experts for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) said Monday that the United States will not support a ban on the...
Taiwanese Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges and said he plans to run in the 2008 presidential elections no matter...
The United States Friday rejected an international call to ban the use of cluster munitions by 2008. State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack told reporters at a daily press briefing ...