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UN, Secretary General: Report on conflict-related sexual violence
UN, Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances: Report on Mission to Serbia, including Kosovo
ECHR, Jaloud v. The Netherlands
Iraq, Crimes by Militia Groups
United States, Jurisprudence Related to the Bombing of the U.S.S. Cole
USA, Jawad v. Gates
USA, Al-Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc.
