Canadian Council for Refugees et al. v. The Queen, Federal Court of Canada, November 29, 2007 [striking down a refugee agreement between Canada and the US, asserting that the US does not meet international refugee protection requirements or respect international...

US v. Thomas Kriesel Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . Read the full text of...

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Friday praised Pakistan's lawyers for standing up for the rule of law and emphasized the county's need for an independent judiciary as a guard against overreaching executive power. In...

Spanish police Friday arrested at least 40 of 56 defendants accused of supporting Basque separatist group ETA in 2005, according to a court official cited by AP. Forty-six found guilty of belonging to various organizations...

Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Moeller said Friday that Denmark has rejected a US request to accept the transfer of several detainees from Guantanamo Bay . Moeller said that the detainees could be...

A Rwandan court has ordered that a defense investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be provisionally released from police custody, according to Friday media reports. Leonidas Nshogoza was arrested in June...

The Federal Court of Canada Thursday struck down a refugee agreement between Canada and the US, noting that the US does not meet international refugee protection requirements or respect international conventions against torture. Justice Michael...

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said Thursday that the state will wait until the US Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of lethal injections before modifying the state's execution protocols in accordance with a September federal court ruling...

Britain's Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission Friday ruled that the UK should remove the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) from its list of terrorist organizations. PMOI is Iran's main political opposition organization and...

European Union (EU) lawmakers adopted a legislative report Thursday to tighten gun control laws and establish an extensive firearms database. The new rules are the result of 18 months of negotiations between the European Parliament...