Ratko Mladic made his second appearance Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , but was removed from the courtroom for disrupting the proceedings. Throughout the proceedings,...
READ MORE ▸
The US Department of Justice Friday filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in an attempt to stay the execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia . Leal Garcia's defense...
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee on Saturday signed into law a bill that legalizes same-sex civil unions in the state. The bill effectively adds a "Civil Unions" chapter to the Rhode Island General Laws section...
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction Thursday to block a new Texas requiring a woman to have a sonogram with the doctor describing the fetus in detail before...
UN Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Gabriela Knaul warned Friday that an El Salvador law requiring its high court to issue unanimous judgments is an "attack" on judicial independence and...
Moroccan voters on Friday overwhelmingly approved a revised version of the constitution, highlighted by fewer powers reserved for their king. With 94 percent of polling stations reporting and 98 percent of voters in approval, Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui announced...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Kansas on Friday issued a preliminary injunction to block a Kansas regulation requiring clinics within the state to obtain a license to perform abortions [JURIST...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday that Proposal 2 , an amendment to the Michigan Constitution banning affirmative action in public employment, public education and...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday dismissed a case brought by Washington state, South Carolina and other local governments challenging the Depart of Energy (DOE) failure...
The Ivory Coast issued international arrest warrants Friday for aides of former president Laurent Gbagbo . The prosecutor's office in the capital Abidjan issued the warrants , most notably for Charles Ble Goude, the leader of Gbagbo's...
