Biannual update on national legislation and case law January–June 2010
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2010
1 The International Crimes (Tribunals) (Amendment) Act, 2009 (Act No. LV of 2009).
2 The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973, Art. 3(d), as amended.
3 Ibid., Art. 3(1).
4 Law on Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and Cooperation with the International Criminal Court, passed by the House of Representatives on 30 September 2009, followed by the House of Peoples on 19 October 2009.
5 Ibid., Art. 1.
6 Ibid., Art. 3(5).
7 Ibid., Art. 9(2).
8 Decree N. 2009, 894/PRES, promulgating Law No. 052-2009/AN, 31 December 2009.
9 Ibid., Art. 19.
10 Ibid., Art. 2.
11 Ibid., Art. 5.
12 Ley reformatoria al Código Penal para la Tipificación de los Delitos cometidos en el Servicio Militar Policial (Registro Oficial No. 196, de 19 de mayo de 2010).
13 Article 114.3 of the Penal Code, as amended.
14 Ibid., Arts. 602.3, 602.4, and 602.7, respectively.
15 Ibid., Art. 602.58, paras. 10 and 11, respectively.
16 Ibid., Art. 114.8.
17 Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act (c.11), 25 March 2010.
18 Ibid., Section 1.
19 Ibid., Section 4(3).
20 Ibid., Sections 5 and 6, respectively.
21 Military Commissions Act of 2009 (amending some of the provisions of Military Commissions Act of 2006), Public Law 111-84, 28 October 2009.
22 Ibid., Section 948a(7).
23 Ibid., Section 948r (a).
24 Ibid., Sections 950a and following.
25 Article 173(1)(e) of Penal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1 March 2003.
26 The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (Public Law 107-40, p. 115, Stat. 224, enacted 18 September 2001).
27 Ghaleb Nassar Al-Bihani v. Barack Obama, US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 5 January 2010, p. 7.
28 Ibid., p. 8.
29 As cited in Al-Zahrani et al. v. Rumsfeld et al., US District Court DC, Alien Torts Act, 2010 WL 535136 (D.D.C.), 16 February 2010, p. 3.
30 Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C., paras. 1346(b), 2680(k).
31 Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia, No. 30, 7 May 2010.