Shackley Raffetto
Since retirement Judge Raffetto serves on the Judicial Council of the Chief Justice of Hawaii and on the Panel for Judicial Evaluation. He is active in mediation and arbitration with Dispute Prevention and Resolution and travels lecturing on US justice, rule of law and human rights.
He served as visiting professor at Fukuoka University, Japan, Beijing Foreign Studies University and University of International Relations, Beijing. He recently lecture and trained Mongolian trial judges at the Judicial Council of Mongolia and participates in international educational programs as a Senior Fellow at the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Force, Geneva. Shackley serves as volunteer Treasurer of ThinkTech.
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Thursday’s Supreme Court hearing was memorable for its discussion of coups, assassinations and internments — but very little about the former president’s conduct. [...]
In arguments on Thursday, the justices appeared to signal two ways they could help Donald Trump as he fights charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election. [...]
After video surfaced on social media, the student, Khymani James, said on Friday that his comments were wrong. [...]
After Covid ruined high school graduation for the class of 2020, the response to campus protests might upend their college commencements. [...]
The decision by the free expression group came after intense criticism of its response to the war in Gaza. A wave of participants had pulled out of the festival in [...]
King Charles is returning to public events after making encouraging progress in his cancer treatment. [...]
The King temporarily stepped back from his public duties earlier this year while being treated for cancer. [...]
Humza Yousaf says he is confident of winning a no-confidence vote next week despite opposition calls for him to quit. [...]
The Horizon scandal inquiry reveals details of the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK legal history. [...]
Fiona Beal sent messages to Nicholas Billingham's friends using his mobile phone, a trial hears. [...]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Ukraine's European allies to "look at their stocks" and provide air defense systems to Ukraine. Germany recently announced it would send a new Patriot [...]
A British man is accused of planning an arson attack on Ukraine-linked businesses in London on behalf of Russia's Wagner Group. [...]
Buckingham Palace confirmed that the UK monarch will restart his public-facing duties, nearly three months after being diagnosed with cancer. [...]
The Pentagon has announced $6 billion in long-term military aid to Ukraine, part of the recent package approved by Congress. DW has more. [...]
Police in Berlin have cleared a pro-Palestinian protest camp from outside the Chancellery building in the capital's government quarter. Protesters had been demanding an end to German weapons shipments to [...]
With nearly 5,000 cases reported so far this year — and concerns about a new strain — the Democratic Republic of Congo is considering the declaration of a public health [...]
The U.S. will reinstate Obama-era regulations for internet service providers that promise fast, reliable and fair internet speeds for all consumers. What happened when those rules were taken away? [...]
Buckingham Palace hasn't said what type of cancer Charles had or if he's finished treatment. It said he'll make a public visit to a cancer clinic Tuesday and will welcome [...]
The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with [...]
The flight was forced to make an emergency return to JFK airport after the crew observed issues related to the right wing emergency exit slide, as well as a sound [...]
Rylan Griffen, a starter on the Alabama team that reached the NCAA Final Four, has signed with Kansas out of the transfer portal [...]
An Egyptian delegation plans to travel to Israel after the cabinet’s deliberations, an Israeli official told The Post, signaling a resumption of efforts to secure a deal. [...]
A Ukrainian court has ordered the detention of the country’s farm minister in the latest high-profile corruption investigation [...]
Ann Telnaes cartoon on what constitutes an official act in the Trump trial. [...]