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of peace. principles for resulting the conflict then called forth by the international community whether it be the international court of justice in july two thousand and four or the united nations general assembly in annual resolution the terms are straightforward there has to be a two state settlement on the june one thousand nine hundred sixty seven border israel is exercising sovereignty and independence within it and the power standing inserts the sizing sovereignty and self-determination in the whole of the west bank . and east jerusalem as its capital and there also has to be just resolution of the palestinian refugee question those are the terms now karen has a new term he says and israel has to be recognized as a jewish state but there is no basis for that in international law or the. international law. that applies here is u.n. resolution two forty two which does not require that all of the disputed territory of what israelis call judea and samaria and what the dr finkelstein called the west bank be given to the palestinians in fact it's disputed territory the palestinian negotiating ploy seems to be what's yours is n

of bringing him to court. which court would be, the international court of justice in the hague would be the right place, but the u.s. does not recognize it. they chose the off with his head method. >> washington denies that bin laden was executed, but admits that he was not armed. pakistani newspapers are not the only media asking why photos of bin laden are not being released. state voters have been circulating in the case has triggered plenty of conspiracy theories -- state photos have been circulating. many consider him a martyr. >> he was their greatest enemy and they did not release a photo? who would believe that? if a man dies in an accident here, the pictures of the dead body are published five times in the newspapers. >> if they really found him here, they have to prove it. if he was not armed, why not just arrest him? either way, there is no proof. >> even al qaeda has confirmed the death of bin laden. president obama has already explained why washington has decided not to release the photo of the terrorist group's leader. >> it is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody sho

. >>> australia is preparing to submit documents to the international court of justice is support its case against japan's research whaling. the australian government issued a statement monday saying it would turn over material to the court in the hague. seeking suspension of japan's whaling operations in the antarctic ocean. the submission remains confidential until next march. the australian government is likely to maintain the operations are a breach of international law and de facto commercial whaling. the japanese government maintains the whaling is legal and based on international conventions. japan suspended whaling operations in the antarctic ocean this winter after the anti-whaling group sea shepard obstructing its ships. it's the first stoppage since japan began sending whaling ships to the antarctic in 1987. >>> a new poll suggests the daughter of former peruvian president fujimori is in the lead ahead of a presidential runoff scheduled june 5th. fujimori is running against leftist former army officer. the results of the national survey were released on sunday. it gave fuji

serb officials say in about a week, mladic will be turned over to the international court of justice in the hague in holland. then, he'll finally be put on trial where he faces life in prison. >> so many times we find these guys to find they're living in non-extraordinary circumstances. almost pathetic compared to how they used to be. why was he so hard to pin down? >> the official sources i have been speaking to said he was looked after, protected by elements within the secret services, elements within the army for years. that then petered away over time, and over the last couple years, he was looked over by about a dozen friends of the family, people from before. in the end, he ended up in a small house, one story, in a distant village looking after himself. finally surrendered without a fight. sick man, feeble. he's suffering. >> a bad man in plain site in a small village. sounds familiar. like something we just went through. martin fletcher, thanks. good to see you, as always. >>> nbc news learns pakistan has agreed to let the cia send a forensic team into the compound where bin

recognition of what each side is very very sick principles from resulting the conflict have been put forth repeatedly by the international community whether it be the international court of justice in july two thousand and four or the united nations general assembly and your resolution the terms are straightforward there has to be a two state settlement on the june nineteenth sixty seven border israel is exercising sovereignty and independence within its state and the powers then the insects and sizing sovereignty and self-determination and the whole of that was. an east jerusalem as its capital and there also has to be just resolution of the palestinian refugee question those are the terms now karen a new term he says in israel has to be recognized as a jewish state. but there is no basis of the for that in international law and in fact your listeners have to remember this is not of the first time israel has attempted to solve this conflict with its neighbors they have a peace treaty with egypt it was signed in one nine hundred seventy nine they have a peace treaty with jordan it was signed in one nine hundred ninety four in a neither case if you read the texts of these peace t

of some member states independence. georgians have to turn to the international human rights court to get justice for a murder mystery by high ranking officials exposing an inherent flaw in the country's much trumpeted legal system. but next talks to a member of the european parliament says a growing role crissy is leading to an inability to solve pressing problems on the continent. he heads the e.c. all brought fighting to take control back from brussels just as often do you believe the e.u. secretly taking new powers without telling people. yes exactly they say idea to build up they call on consolidated corporate tax base and all these things of course for the first loop it might look innocent but if you go deep down what is behind that it might be a one instrument in the future might lead to further harm addition of tax base which is something we very hard approach i can see certain risky points in that one particular risk point is. hidden measures that might lead to further harmonize ation off a fiscal policy and tax policy and we should not allow to happen that tax policy and texture is fiction as well as fiscal ou

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blog more control of world security issues or some mental states for evil also threaten their independence. also georgians have to turn to the international human rights court to get justice for american method by high ranking officials exposing the parents flaw in countries much to do the legal system. as well next start he talks to a member of the european parliament and says a growing e-mail for christie is leading to an inability to solve pressing problems on the continent. yeah. he heads the euro skeptic e.c. all brought fighting to take control back from brussels just as often do you believe the e.u. secretly taking new powers without telling people. yes exactly idea to build up call on the consulate of corporate tax base and all these things of course for the first loop it might look innocent but if you go down what is behind that it might be a one instrument in the future might lead to a further harm addition of tax base which is something we very hard about those i can see sort of risk you coming to that you want particular risk it probably is but there are some hidden measures that might lead to further harmonize ation fiscal policy and tax policy and reshipped

of so trojans have to turn to the international human rights court to get justice for a murder committed by high ranking officials expensive and nor the country's most trumpeted legal system. next on special report looks at how cleaning up previous war zones can be a booming but risky business. well how to kind of i was in i.t. during the war. we heard they captured two soldiers. right away the plane started bombing the bridges were bombed and then the towns are getting hit. with my feelings and thoughts were just to get my wife and child to a safe area and then. you know how can i feel what it was the feelings of someone whose country is being bombed. and the shia we lost about ten people in the war. i mean a family. history like israel cut the connections between streets and villages. of the self was unable to get in contact with beirut. in order for supplies to be replenished. must so there was a big shortage in the village. especially for kids with needs like milk and such. and then one other limit there are scenes that i cannot forget that are in my mind to this day but the governor

world's acuteness move to damage the strength of some member states independence from georgians have to turn to the international human rights court to get justice for the murder committed by a high ranking officials exposing an inherent flaw in the country's much transit legal system. and special reports looks like eating up was and can be a boom in the risky business. the. into walls of this is in the early polls along a little. own household wealth ok. thank you both the sun through this is in cuba locals who are long over. thank you . for the motion complete with over. i know my name is jemma are hot from the village of bottling. and we have orange groves. ok and i know it's been our job since we were born as i know . there's my father and my brother and hired help. well you know the day after the war was over i came back with my father. i know what has been. seen as summer had passed and that we have what are the groups that you mentioned just a minute with the suffering. with me. and it was then that he stepped on one of their for dinner in the room he thought it was a battery or something. i noticed it and then told him to sort of take yo

of congo. it demanded the rebel leard face justice -- leader face justice when he was arrested in 2009. earlier in 1998, the international community agreed to set up the international criminal courttry suspects accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. amnesty was among the organizations invited to take papa in the advisers. a human rights expert appraised amnesty's proposals for the german government in berlin. >> their discussion papers were very high quality. i have to say that amnesty's expertise is clearly superior to that of many delegations sent by small states. >> recent decades have seen the definition of human rights broadened. in 1948, they included individual rights and freedoms. now they include social rights such as the rights to clean water, food, and education. those changes have also altered amnesty international's view of just whom it represents. >> most people have no choice. and most people who have no voice are poor. we shouldn't be trying to separate them. >> ♪ people have the power >> a candle entwined in barbed wire is amnesty's symbol. earlier this year the group celebrated 50 years of speaking out with a multitude of candl, meanto shi

of europe's war criminals to justice. ratco mladic will face an international court. today a powerful image as the families he destroyed remembered. here's christiane amanpour. >> reporter: 19 years ago, this bridge was covered not with flowers but with blood. today, the widows of ratco mladic's victims came back to mourn their husbands and sons who were murdered and thrown from this bridge in may 1992. this part of eastern bosnia suffered some of the bloodiest crimes of the war. where muslim men were murdered and muslim women were raped in a campaign of genocide labeled ethnic cleansing. the widows come here every year, but this is special. because they say the murderer is finally behind bars. now a frail old man, ratco mladic was captured in serbia this week, a far cry from the war time commander who held so many at his mercy and his whim. on monday, mladic already indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity will be taken to the international court in hague to face those charges, including those stemming from the most notorious massacre of the war at

of some member states the dependence. also georgian started the international human rights court to get justice for a murder committed by high ranking officials exposing an inherent florida income competent legal system. russia is discovering that hosting formula one comes in. well look away because the bar circuit will pull through one hundred eighty two billion dollars more in business in twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. life from moscow international pressure is mounting on syria with the government's intensified crackdowns against any opposition coming on to further scrutiny or thawing in america's steps in europe and fresh sanctions on the country's top officials including i don't go in travel results these were amateurs reports are all concerned that it has very little to do with the promotion of peace. rebels clash with security forces hundreds die and the west calls for the bloodshed to stop sanctions slapped down and arms sales in baggage but this isn't libya's spring it's syria and it's calling a road map that led to just one place for its african arab neighbor nato intervention who watches i

of some member states independence. also georgians have to tell them to the international human rights court to get justice for a mud and mrs high ranking officials exposing an inherent floor in the country's much competent legal system. examines how u.s. policy in afghanistan will be transformed following the death of the soul of did not stay with. if you want to think. a little welcome to cross talk i'm curious about with the killing of osama bin laden u.s. president barack obama has an historic opportunity on afghanistan will he use it and what is the downside if he doesn't. cross to u.s. strategy in afghanistan i'm joined by bradley blakeman in washington he's a former member of george w. bush's senior staff and currently a professor at georgetown university and an islamic law because to show he is a risk and security analyst all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's take a look at some of the issues and opportunities facing president barack obama when it comes to afghanistan. more than a week following the killing of al qaeda leader osama bin laden the

one because for them it seems that the courts are biased against serbia bringing justice to thousands of victims that's one self-proclaimed success of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia and it's ready to deliver some more serbia prepares to extradite former bosnian serb army chief that's unlike each. he's accused of crimes against humanity and already in one thousand nine hundred five massacre in the village of three. despite living on the run for sixteen years and having suffered two strokes the sixty nine year old general has been deemed fit enough to stand trial and that one person we have spoken to police he will get a fair trial there surely a lot of evidence to back up the serbs distrust of the i.c.c. why so what do the people here based their judgment on a lot of people here in serbia are skeptical about the some of the practices of the high hague tribunal and some of its record for instance because slobodan milosevic died in prison without the conviction them for us war criminals that are generally acknowledged as a war criminals here in serbia like the united from cos the wall like some muslim commanders have actua

of remedial action for the internment. that takes away nothing though from the work he did to achieve a unanimous court in brown. it's just impossible to imagine had fred lived, his predecessor of chief justice, there would have been a unanimous court. in fact, vineson indicated he would have upheld segregation, and tom clark from kentucky and texas also indicated they would uphold seg segregation and others like jackson who ideologically liberal, but advocates of judicial restraint would have voted to it. there's a possible chance they could have lost the cases. he delivered not only the majority, but the unanimous court. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> going back and forth, go ahead. >> mr. powers as a fellow writer of history, i was fascinated to hear you talk about your previous career use of judgment and how you suspended it in writing about crazy horse. i want to ask you and ms. smith and mr. newton, in what way do you grapple with your own perm world view and judgments when you write history, when did you suspend it, and what times do you decide upon a theme that sort of shapes how you judge the subject of your work? >> well, when i say i suspended judgment, i really ought to say

justice in a military court in the united states? do we bring him to justice in an international tribunal. these are all the difficult questions that we're avoided by the actions of.s. >> the initial information that was about the courier's code name was obtained in part through the enhanced interrogation techniques. most people assume that was waterboarding. waterboarding, per president obama, is banned right now. do we have other enhanced interrogation technique that is we can use to get solid information that you think are effective? >> well, in fact, waterboarding was banned by the u.s. congress in passing legislation before president obama became president. as to whether or not we have additional techniques, those techniques would be classified, i think, and, obviously, it would be consistent with the facts that have been laid down about the i u.s. congress. in every conflict, every country has to develop a set of rules in which they're going to collect information or deal with detainees that are captured, and so we've got those sets of rules in place now, and we have an obligation to follow them. like we follow the rules that existed at the time president b

international justice. and the families of those victims will finally be able to know that they will get justice, and that he will face his moment in courter your reports from bosnia during those years, christiane. is there a moment or two you remember specifically that moved you so much? that reporting history? >> yes. of course. being in sarajevo, which you'll remember the world covered when it hosted the winter olympics. and all of the sudden it turned into this slaughterhouse, this slaughterhouse where neither men nor women nor innocent children were spared. and of course journalists were part of that coverage. we were in the city. we were amongst the civilians as well, and so many journalists got killed and wounld ds includ at cnn and abc and all the other brotherhood if you like. but the moments where we confronted mladic, when we were able to interview him and saw the steely gaze of a killer, wolf. there is no other word to describe it. he had that smile. he talked to dignitaries who had come from all over the world to try to get an end to this war. and he would just sit there and smile and deny that anything other than a terrible

of countries willfully ignoring or abusing their international obligations with regard to international parental abduction. each of us has had excess breeding experiences seeking justice and foreign court where our cases are often treated as custody matters rather of an abduction cases. oftentimes, dictum parents and court systems of foreign countries when it is well known that such action will likely result in a decision with custody of four adopted children being awarded to the party. selectively, we have limited or no contact with our children. many of whom have been turned against us as a result of parental alienation, a documented form of child abuse. our children lost half their identities when they were ripped from their homes family and friends, like restaurants, our children and grandparents, aunts, uncles and if other family members have pulled in their hearts left by the abduction of their loved ones. by the july 2010 import point that is the special advisor to the office of the children's issues. we experienced little improvement in the quality of the service provided by the department of state's with almost no positive results. the current system has failed us while a were

of countries willfully ignoring or abusing their international obligations with regard to international parental child abduction's. each of us has had exasperating experiences seeking justice in foreign courtse often treated as custody matters rather than abduction cases. oftentimes, victim parent and court systems of foreign countries when it is well-known that such action will likely result in a decision with custody of our vector children being awarded to the objecting party. collectively we have limited or no contact with our children. their children. many of whom have been turned against us as a result of parental alienation, it documented form of child abuse. our children lost half their identities when they were ripped from their homes, families and friends. like his parents, our children's grandparents, siblings, aunts and uncles and other family members have holes in their hearts left by the abduction of their loved ones. we were encouraged by your july 2010 appointment of ambassador jacobs as special adviser to the office of children's issues. however, in working with oci, we have experienced little improvement in the quality of service provided by the department of state and almo

had, one of the great experiences i've had in serving on the supreme court has been the opportunity to speak to justices and judges from many other countries and when you take an international perspective, when you look at our legal system, if you draw back from the details that we are concerned with on a daily basis and you look at the system somewhat from afar, you appreciate what a great legal system it is. yes, those of us who are working attorneys and judges know the defects of the system. we know them better than most people, but in understanding the weaknesses and in making -- resolving to work to improve them, we also should not lose sight of the fact that we have the best legal system in the world. it is quite a rarity and it is something we have to work to preserve. it's been a pleasure for me to be able to participate in your law day celebration today. thank you very much. [applause] >> it's now my pleasure to actually cite united states supreme court precedent to a united states supreme court justice. i am going to refer you to blood versus cohen, which, involved kurt blood, a st. louis cardinal and the majority opinion was written by justice blackman. however,

justice. does the international criminal court even stand a chance? >>> also, add another name to the list ofdmit to having affairs. former california governor arnold schwarzenegger says he fathered a child more than a decade ago with a long-time member of his household staff. joining us to talk about powerful people who cheat, and the challenges of monogamy, clinical psychologist and author jeff gardere. jeff, thanks for joining us here. first of all, i think a lot of people are asking the question, do powerful men or even women have more afairs than those who are not as powerful? are they more likely to cheat? >> i think they may be more likely to cheat if they have had issues with impulse control right from the beginning, before they became powerful, before they became famous or wealthy. the extra stress of being in those very powerful positions, and almost thinking that everyone is equal but that they're more equal because they have earned this power, and therefore they can act out, maybe, a little bit more. >> do you think these are the folks who think, okay, you know, we hear these very

indicted by, in this case, the international criminal court for these future and current perpetrators of these atrocity crimes, they have to realize that ultimately the hand of justicehave an impact. i think we do see changes in behavior after these indictments come down. we certainly saw that with mill sose vich in the balkans and saw it with mladic, their indictments in july of 1995, were predicates to the dayton peace talks only three or four months later. and in africa today with gadhafi and with president ali bashir -- >> let me ask you this. >> yeah. >> i don't know if this is a success or failure, we got mladic after 15 years. he like others are hiding in plain sight. he was being treated in hospitals in serbia. they sort of knew he was there. do we, going back to the holocaust, do we really have deterrents against people who kill people because of their ethnicity? even in 2011? are these effective deterrents after 15 years they might get you? >> you know, ali, i think it's sort of a canard of an argument. you could make that same argument with respect to domestic criminal law. is the death penalty really a deterrent? is our criminal justice system really a d

number of countries willfully ignoring or abusing their obligations with regard to international parental child abduction. each of us has had exas per rating experiences seeking justice in foreign courtsre our cases are treated as custody matter, rather than abduction cases. oventimes, victim parents and court systems of foreign countries when it is well-known that such action will likely result in a decision with custody of our abducted children being awarded to the abducting party. collectively, we have limited or no contact with our children, many of whom turned against us as a result of parental alienation, a documented form of child abuse. our children loss half of their identities being ripped from homes, families, and friends.. like us parents, our children's grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and other family members have holes in their hearts left by the abduction of their loved ones. we were encouraged by your july 2010 appointment of ambassador jacobs of special adviser to the office of children's issues, however, in working with oci, there's been little improvement in the quality of service provided by the department of state and almost no positive results. the current

had during the last five years of serving the supreme court is getting the opportunity to speak to justices and judges from many other countries. when you take an international perspective and to look at our legal system, if you drop back from the details that we're concerned with on a daily basis , and you look at our system from afar, you appreciate what a great legal system it is. yes, we know the defects of this system. we know them better than most people. understanding the weaknesses and resolving -- in spite of the fact that we have the best legal system in the world. it is a rarity and something we have to work to preserve. it has been a pleasure for me to participate in your law day celebration. thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> is now my pleasure -- is now my pleasure to refer you to -- a case which involved a st. louis cardinal, and the majority opinion was written by justice blackman, but it was unique in that he wrote of valentine to baseball that the rest of the majority opinion did not endorse. it included a lengthy list of hall-of

justice minister for the gadhafi regime. if gadhafi is brought up on charges of war crimes, who should try him? should he be tried here in libya or should the icc, international criminal courtadhafi to be tried outside libya to guarantee transparency because there is enough evidence to indict him for crimes he committed either inside or outside libya. we have a good justice system here but we prefer gadhafi's trial to be held international. >> why do you prefer the internagsat court other than the justice system here? is it not repaired? >> because all libyans suffered under gadhafi and therefore legally they shouldn't try him in court. all libyans have been hurting from his actions. >> you told us that russian delegation will come to meese with the transitional council here in libya. what are you asking from russia? >> we welcome russia's latest decision that its president announced at the g8 summit. we welcome this great development in russia where the revolution. we know very well that the russians have relations with gadhafi's regime and they these tactics may work in finding an exit term for gadhafi so no more blood will be spilled. >> 09% of export from libya is oil.

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of the justice department, we'll say focused on protecting the citizens we serve, using every available resource and appropriate tool, including the federal court system. we'll be vigilant against domestic and international threat. i hope congress will rethords the patriot act for a substantial period of time. i want to thank chairman smith for his leadership and strong support. the department will combat violent crime and fraud and defend the rights of all americans, especially the most vulnerable among us. let me say, finally, that our country in the world hads witnessed an historic moment. what we make of it now is up to us. osama bin laden has been brought to justice. a brutal terrorist will no longer be tree to order the murder of innocent people across the globe. just as we came together nearly a decade ago in the aftermath of the most devastating attack in america's history, i believe we must come together. on 9/11, our nation was united like never before. today, we must be united by a collective resolve and a common purpose, to protect our homeland and our people. and honor the values that have made our nation great and build on the progress that's been admooefd protecting the people we're all pr

allows for court-ordered collection against a non-united states target who may have broken with a terrorist organization while continuing to prepare for an act of international terrorism. the justiceity, lone wolf authority nevertheless fills an important gap in united states collection capabilities, and we have it if we need it. the recent case of khalid wasiri, a saudi national arrested in texas this past february, shows why the lone wolf authority is necessary. aldo wasiri was arrested after the f.b.i. learned that he had purchased chemicals and conducted research needed to make improvised explosive devices. he had also researched bomb targets including dams in california and the dallas residence of former president george w. bush. unlike other recent terrorists, like najibula asiri, wasiri was not identified. he is better described as one of the most recent cases of individuals already inside the united states who becomes radicalized and committed to carrying out terrorist attacks. so it's for this kind of threat that the lone wolf authority is important. and for why we should extend this mechanism. it is also this kind of threat that the intelligence community is now especial

court. former military lawyer, battlefield account the at the u.s. naval academy, mayor of the international stability operation association, served on several committees of the aba, addressing expansion of uniform code of military justice and military extraterritorial jurisdiction act to cover contractors on the battlefield, received a fascist be from u.s. naval academy a law degree from university san diego, school of law. ms. lee, please go ahead. we'll put your full statement in the record but please go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, senator grassley, senator franken, others distortion of a committee that are not as often account for the opportunity to appear before you today. i know that each of you share a deep respect and appreciation that i feel for the men and women of the defense contracting community and and a soda served in the navy, then the spouse of an army build and now is in them of the contracting community i want to thank you all not for just the work you do today but for the working to for each of those communities. the issue today, extraterritorial jurisdiction and a candidate for contractors is not a part of an issue. i think we all share a commitment to strengthen national securi

of the justice department, we'll say focused on protecting the citizens we serve, using every available resource and appropriate tool, including the federal court system. we'll be vigilant against domestic and international threat. i hope congress will rethords the patriot act for a substantial period of time. i want to thank chairman smith for his leadership and strong support. the department will combat violent crime and fraud and defend the rights of all americans, especially the most vulnerable among us. let me say, finally, that our country in the world hads witnessed an historic moment. what we make of it now is up to us. osama bin laden has been brought to justice. a brutal terrorist will no longer be tree to order the murder of innocent people across the globe. just as we came together nearly a decade ago in the aftermath of the most devastating attack in america's history, i believe we must come together. on 9/11, our nation was united like never before. today, we must be united by a collective resolve and a common purpose, to protect our homeland and our people. and honor the values that have made our nation great and build on the progress that's been admooefd protecting the people we're all pr

allows for court-ordered collection against a non-united states target who may have broken with a terrorist organization while continuing to prepare for an act of international terrorism. the justice department has advised congress that although to date it has not used this authority, lone wolf authority nevertheless fills an important gap in united states collection capabilities, and we have it if we need it. the recent case of khalid wasiri, a saudi national arrested in texas this past february, shows why the lone wolf authority is necessary. aldo wasiri was arrested after the f.b.i. learned that he had purchased chemicals and conducted research needed to make improvised explosive devices. he had also researched bomb targets including dams in california and the dallas residence of former president george w. bush. unlike other recent terrorists, like najibula asiri, wasiri was not identified. he is better described as one of the most recent cases of individuals already inside the united states who becomes radicalized and committed to carrying out terrorist attacks. so it's for this kind of threat that the lone wolf authority is important. and for why we should extend this mechani