An Iraqi Justice Ministry official said Wednesday that 424 prisoners, including five women detainees, have "completed their legal procedures" and will be released from US custody. The US has confirmed that eight women are...
READ MORE ▸
Leading Wednesday's international brief, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has called on the UN Security Council to create a UN peacekeeping force for the Darfur region of Sudan ....
The US Supreme Court late Tuesday issued a temporary stay on an execution order for Clarence Hill , a Florida inmate convicted of the 1982 killing of a police officer. Hill had been scheduled to...
A US Army spokesperson late Tuesday clarified the military position on the application of new military death penalty rules to terror detainees, saying the rules would not apply to them and correcting a contrary statement...
EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini has responded to a Council of Europe report , released Tuesday by urging all EU member nations to fully comply with the ongoing COE investigation into...
Public statements of support by several US senators Tuesday assured the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court. Commitments by five Republicans appear to have pushed him beyond the requisite 50 votes in...
Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to release the final draft of a rule that will establish standards for pesticide research on human subjects . In August...
Two judges involved in the Saddam Hussein trial said Tuesday that the real reason for the latest postponement of the hearing was a disagreement among the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the...
Prepared Remarks for US Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Georgetown University Law Center, January 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the address. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
A US Army spokesperson said Tuesday that new military death penalty regulations may also apply to enemy combatants. The new rules, which enable the army to determine the location for executions "imposed by...
