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...York Cheating the Poorest Low-income workers regularly earn less than minimum wage and are often denied proper overtime pay, according to one of the largest recent studies of wage-law violations. Interviews with nearly 4,400 people in sectors such as retail and child care found that on average, workers did not receive 15% of their rightful pay. Employees injured on the job also reported widespread pressure not to file for workers' compensation...
...North Ritz Club in Syosset, N.Y. The wedding was called off shortly after her disappearance, and Yale students prayed for Le’s safe return at The University Church earlier yesterday. Le’s family and fiance are cooperating with the investigation, and more than 100 law enforcement officials from four different agencies including the New Haven Police Department, the Yale Police Department, the Connecticut State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are involved in the case. Anyone with information pertaining to Le’s disappearance is asked to call the FBI tip line...
...ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). How does your appointment further U.S. involvement with the ICC and international law? The decision about the ICC treaty has to be made by the President of the U.S. In 2002, Congress passed the American Service Member's Protection Act that prohibited U.S. cooperation in the ICC in many areas. [There was a fear that U.S. soldiers could be targeted in politically motivated prosecutions.] But it also included a provision that U.S. authorities could cooperate to bring to trial individuals like [former Yugoslav President] Slobodan Milosevic. I think...
...does not want its own citizens to be held accountable for crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq? In my point of view, if there were acts of torture, they violated American law because America ratified the U.N Convention Against Torture. If we were part of the ICC, we would be expected to investigate these issues, and if there were a strong case, you would expect prosecution. That's what the U.S. is doing anyway. We respect one of the guiding principles of the ICC that the international court has jurisdiction that is secondary to the national court. Whether we are part...
...Does your remit restrict you to conflict zones, or can you focus on human-rights abuses in places like Burma and North Korea? My job deals with atrocities, genocide and war crimes. Human rights and international humanitarian law are closely related, but my focus is on the latter. I'll be working not just with new developments and existing courts but also unhealed wounds created by past atrocities, in Cambodia for instance...