Report of the UN Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 6 of Resolution 1644 (2005) [on the establishment of a "tribunal of an international character" to conduct prosecutions relating to the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on whether a federal immigration law authorizing deportation can be applied to illegal immigrants who entered the country before its enactment. The case, Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales...

A federal appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that will determine the constitutional scope of the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) as it applies to over 300 Guantanamo Bay detainees who have sought habeas...

AP is reporting that a military jury has sentenced US Army Sgt. Michael J. Smith to six months in prison for abusing detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison by using his unmuzzled dogs to intimidate inmates.Smith...

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the US Defense Department is considering a formal written rule that would ban statements made during torture from any proceeding before US military commissions . The Wall St. Journal reported early...

The Law Lords , the judicial panel of the UK House of Lords that is Britain's highest court, ruled 5-0 Wednesday in favor of a high school's decision to ban a student from wearing a Muslim jilbab...

Human rights activists around the world were subject to murder, assaults, imprisonment and other forms of repression in 2005 according to a joint report issued Wednesday by the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and...

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday reduced the life sentence of former Bosnian Serb mayor Milomir Stakic to 40 years in...

Leading Wednesday's environmental law news, Canadian Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announced a new plan to improve drinking water in "First Nation communities," i.e., Indian reservations. The plan includes mandatory training for treatment plant...

British Judge Advocate John Bayliss ruled Wednesday that Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith, the first British officer to face criminal charges after challenging the conflict's legality will face a court-martial on five charges of failing...