United States v. Marquez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 7, 2005 . Excerpt:The random, additional screening procedure in this case...

In a move to gain support for a draft UN reform resolution introduced last month , Germany, Japan, Brazil and India - the so-called G4 group - have dropped their proposal to give veto power to any new...

Report by Mr. Alvaro Gil-Robles, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, June 8, 2005 . Excerpt:The United Kingdom has not been immune, however, to a tendency increasingly discernable across Europe...

When asked about the fate of the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay during a Fox News interview Wednesday, President Bush insisted that all prisoners there are being treated in accordance with international standards, but did say that...

Criminal Complaint, US v. Hamid Hayat and Umer Hayat, US District Court for the Eastern District of California, June 7, 2005. Read the full text of the complaint via FindLaw. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

In a 56-43 vote Wednesday, the Senate confirmed the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown to the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia . Brown’s...

Completion strategy progress report, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, released June 8, 2005 . Read the full...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, the leading opposition party in Zimbabwe , the Movement for Democratic Change has announced its intention to boycott the opening of the Zimbabwean Parliament Thursday morning by Zimbabwe President Robert...

South African businessman Schabir Shaik was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in jail after being found guilty of two counts of corruption and one count of fraud, ending a high-profile case that many in South...

An 80-year-old man reputed to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan will stand trial starting Monday for the 1964 murder of three civil rights workers. Edgar Ray Killen is charged with...