A New Zealand judge serving on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia warned colleagues and prosecutors Monday that its upcoming genocide trials "are so important for the people of Cambodia must not be...
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Brazilian intelligence service Abin has pledged to investigate published reports that its agents wiretapped a variety of top Brazilian officials, including Supreme Federal Court president Gilmar Mendes. Veja , a Brazilian weekly...
The leaders of Italy and Libya Saturday signed a accord under which Italy pledged to invest $5 billion in Libya as compensation for its colonial rule over the north African state from 1911 to 1943....
Pakistani authorities Saturday reinstated four more judges ousted from their positions in November when former President Pervez Musharraf proclaimed emergency rule. The reappointment of four judges of the Lahore High Court follows an announcement Wednesday that eight other judges...
JURIST and University of Pittsburgh School of Law Dean Mary Crossley invite JURIST readers in New York City to join us Friday, August 8 at 5 PM at The Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio], 25...
The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Sunday called "deplorable" what it termed "false US assurances" about rendition flights through the UK Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia and said the "failure of the United States...
Malaysian law enforcement authorities have launched an investigation into a new sodomy complaint against opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim filed by an aide Saturday. Under Malaysian lawyer sodomy is punishable by 20 years in prison...
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group's complaint against Maclean's , Canada's leading newsmagazine, for publishing an article it alleged exposed Muslims to abuse or contempt. The Canadian Islamic Congress brought...
The US Department of Justice announced Friday that it has settled a lawsuit brought by former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. Steven Hatfill , a development that may moot a landmark contempt case...
A spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council has said that the country's recently-enacted amnesty law has resulted in charges being dropped against over 75,000 people with some 20,000 others being ordered freed from detention, according to Reuters...
