The Constitutional Court of Colombia has ruled that same-sex couples must be accorded the same property rights as other unmarried couples. With eight votes in favor and one abstention, the court held unconstitutional a 1990 law...
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government Thursday, alleging that "its practice of indefinitely delaying citizen applications" violated due process rights protected by the Constitution...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour filed an amicus curiae or "friend of the court" brief with the Iraqi High Tribunal Thursday arguing that imposing the death penalty on...
The US military's determination that there is not sufficient evidence to support allegations of abuse at Guantanamo Bay prompted Amnesty International Thursday to renew its calls for an independent investigation...
US Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald rested the prosecution's case Thursday in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby . As the prosecution's final witness, Tim Russert , Washington bureau chief for NBC...
Italy's Cabinet approved a controversial proposal Thursday that would give legal rights to unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples . The proposal, which has been harshly criticized by the Italian justice minister...
Charges against Omar Khadr under the Military Commissions Act, US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, February 2, 2007. Read the full text of the charge notice, the charge sheet, and the full charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
Charges against David Hicks under the Military Commissions Act, US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, February 2, 2007. Read the full text of the charge notice, the charge sheet, and the full charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
Charges against Salem Hamdan under the Military Commissions Act, US Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, February 2, 2007. Read the full text of the charge notice, the charge sheet, and the full charges . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
A French judge has charged two police officers connected to a case that sparked three weeks of rioting outside Paris and in other parts of France in 2005. The officers were charged Wednesday with non-assistance to...
