http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/the-uks-selective-application-of-the-universal-jurisdiction-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/the-uks-selective-application-of-the-universal-jurisdiction-law/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:06:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=83337 Hudson New York: "Shortly after the new British coalition government took office in May 2010, Hague, a long-time member of the Conservative Friends of Israel group, promised to move quickly to change the law, amid fears that the threat of arrest was preventing high-ranking Israelis from visiting Britain . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/22/the-uks-selective-application-of-the-universal-jurisdiction-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/plaintiffs-drop-lawsuit-against-vatican/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/plaintiffs-drop-lawsuit-against-vatican/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:23:45 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68411 writing at the National Catholic Reporter: "In a rare stroke of good news for Rome vis-à-vis the sexual abuse crisis, attorneys for three alleged victims in Kentucky have said they’re dropping what many analysts regarded as the most serious civil lawsuit against the Holy See in American courts." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/12/plaintiffs-drop-lawsuit-against-vatican/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/u-s-court-orders-russia-to-return-documents-to-chabad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/u-s-court-orders-russia-to-return-documents-to-chabad/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:35:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=67630 JTA: "The religious books, manuscripts and other documents fell into Russian hands when the previous Lubavitcher rebbe, Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, fled Poland during World War II . . . The Russian government said last year that they do not particularly care about the documents, but that a lawsuit is not the right way to determine ownership and a U.S. court should not have jurisdiction over the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/05/u-s-court-orders-russia-to-return-documents-to-chabad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/30/uk-new-rules-on-universal-jurisdiction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/30/uk-new-rules-on-universal-jurisdiction/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:14:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/30/uk-new-rules-on-universal-jurisdiction/ Ministry of Justice: "The Government is proposing new rules about how courts in England and Wales deal with people accused of serious human rights violations . . . 'The Government has concluded, after careful consideration, that it would be appropriate to require the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions before an arrest warrant can be issued to a private prosecutor in respect of an offence of universal jurisdiction.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/30/uk-new-rules-on-universal-jurisdiction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/the-rise-and-fall-of-spanish-super-judge-baltasar-garzon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/the-rise-and-fall-of-spanish-super-judge-baltasar-garzon/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:18:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58813 writing at The Brussels Journal: "Baltasar Garzón, a high-profile Spanish judge and leftwing champion of the legal doctrine of universal jurisdiction, has been charged with abuse of power. Spanish Supreme Court investigating magistrate Luciano Varela charged Garzón with knowingly overstepping his jurisdiction by launching an illegal investigation into political crimes committed during and after the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/the-rise-and-fall-of-spanish-super-judge-baltasar-garzon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/here-comes-the-super-judge-universal-jurisdiction-claims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/here-comes-the-super-judge-universal-jurisdiction-claims/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:24:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47710 The American Spectator: "Britain is not alone in seeking to prosecute foreigners for actions committed in foreign lands. Canada, France, Germany, and Spain also claim the authority to jail most anyone for acts committed elsewhere. The practice is a dangerous assault both on national sovereignty and, individual justice . . . More disturbing is national 'universal jurisdiction,' whereby individual countries assert authority to prosecute legal offenses irrespective of where they occurred. While originally focused on crimes against humanity, tax evasion, organized crime, and even environmental issues have been or could become subject to extraterritorial claims." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/here-comes-the-super-judge-universal-jurisdiction-claims/feed/ 0