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Legal News (Jurist: Legal News & Research) ICTY appoints UK lawyer to represent Karadzic
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Friday appointed [press release] British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic [case materials; JURIST news archive] if he continues to boycott his trial when proceedings resume in March. Harvey is currently joint head of the British defense firm Garden Court Source: JURIST - Paper Chase Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:05 pm

Islamic countries lobbying for treaty against religious defamation: report
[JURIST] The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) [official website] has begun lobbying for the UN General Assembly [official website] to pass an international treaty protecting religious beliefs and symbols from defamation, according to an AP report [text] Friday. The efforts of the OIC are being led by Pakistan and Algeria with full support of the organization's 54 remaining members. Source: JURIST - Paper Chase Posted: November 20, 2009 at 11:05 am

Federal judge orders health benefits for same-sex spouse of federal employee
[JURIST] A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday ordered [text, PDF] the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) [official website] to provide health benefits to the same-sex spouse of a federal employee. Karen Golinski, the federal court employee who sued for the benefits, was married in California during the six-month period Source: JURIST - Paper Chase Posted: November 20, 2009 at 10:03 am

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