The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has begun lobbying for the UN General Assembly to pass an international treaty protecting religious beliefs and symbols from defamation, according to an AP report Friday. The...
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Mohammed v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Queen's Bench, November 19, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available...
The Supreme Court of Israel banned privately-run prisons on Thursday, ruling 8-1 that they violate prisoners' fundamental rights and introduce an element of profit into the prison system. The decision followed a...
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered the director of the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) to provide health benefits to the same-sex...
Godfrey, et al. v. Spano, et al., New York Court of Appeals, November 20, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...
The US Senate on Thursday voted 59-39 to confirm Judge David Hamilton to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit , overcoming Republican opposition to secure President Barack Obama's first and...
The Somali Transitional Federal Government on Friday announced its intention to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) , which, if successful, would make the US the only UN member state not to...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition...
The Argentine Senate on Thursday voted 57-1 to approve a law that authorizes the government to obtain DNA samples from individuals suspected to have been born to forced disappearance victims of the 1976-1983 "Dirty...
The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a challenge to two policies that provide benefits to same-sex couples married outside of the state. The first policy was a 2006 decision by the Westchester...
