14 Dec Weekday News Wrap: Friday, December 14, 2012
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- The United Kingdom has paid $3.5 million to settle a rendition case brought by Libyan dissident Sami al Saadi.
- The European Court of Human Rights released its decision (.pdf) in the Al Masri v. The Republic of Macedonia case finding he was a victim of CIA rendition.
- The ICC Appeals Chamber dismissed a challenge from ex-Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo that the Court lacks jurisdiction over him.
- Progress was reported in Iran’s talks with the IAEA, though there is no news on the scheduling of a site visit, and new talks are scheduled for mid-January.
- In related news, the US has imposed new sanctions on Iran over the latter’s nuclear program.
- Near a Hebron checkpoint where a 17-year old Palestinian was shot to death earlier this week, Israeli soldiers punched two Reuters cameramen with the butts of their guns before making them strip in the street and opening a tear gas canister in front of them.
- Russia is culpable in the death of Alexander Litvinenko, according to the lawyer acting on behalf of the inquest.
- Uruguay’s lower house approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage; if the bill passes the senate, as it is expected to do, Uruguay will become the second Latin American country (in addition to Argentina) to grant equal marriage rights to all individuals.
- Mark Kersten at Justice in Conflict poses the question: if the ICC intervenes in Syria, where will Assad go?
- Times are getting even busier for Argentina at the WTO; Panama has now also filed a request for consultations with Argentina over alleged discrimination.
- Over at Project Syndicate, former UK Foreign Secretary and current MP David Milliband reflects on this week’s 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- Reports that Russian officials acknowledged for the first time that Syrian President Assad is losing his grip on power have been subsequently denied by the Foreign Ministry.
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