Archive: December 2016 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Ruth Levush; (Year) 2016; (Month) December

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Killed Negotiating Peace: Assassinations of Russian Ambassadors

December 23, 2016

The following is a guest post by Peter Roudik, Director of Legal Research at the Law Library of Congress. Peter has contributed to In Custodia Legis a number of posts related to Russia and the former Soviet Union. These include posts on a spring holiday for workers, the Soviet investigation of Nazi war crimes, lustration in …

Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, In the News

Handling of Sexual Offenses in the Israeli Military

December 20, 2016

Posted by: Ruth Levush

On December 18, 2016 the Tel- Aviv Military Court convicted a brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of sexual offenses against female soldiers serving under his command. The conviction is believed to be of the highest ranking IDF soldier of such crimes, based on the officer’s admission as a result of a plea bargain. The officer had initially been …

Posted in: Global Law, In the News

Refined by: (Author) Ruth Levush; (Year) 2016; (Month) December