Dozens of countries have illegally used secret detention facilities in their counter-terrorism efforts, according to a joint study issued Tuesday by four independent UN investigating groups. Information for the detailed study was collected through a...

Honduran Supreme Court President Jorge Rivera on Tuesday exonerated six military leaders accused of abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya from the country last June. Rivera found...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that an Uzbek Guantanamo Bay detainee has been transferred to Switzerland. The detainee, whose identity will not be disclosed in order to facilitate...

Her Majesty's Treasury v. Ahmed, et al., Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, January 26, 2010 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available...

Former chief legal adviser to the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Sir Michael Wood told the Iraq Inquiry in a public hearing on Tuesday that he had advised the Foreign...

Israel's Knesset approved legislation on Monday to grant immunity to approximately 400 protesters involved in violent protests in connection with the 2005 removal of settlers in the Gaza Strip . The...

The French parliamentary commission charged with investigating whether to enact laws banning the wearing of burqas or other "full veils" released its report Tuesday calling for a partial ban. The panel urged...

The Supreme Court of California ruled 5-2 Monday to authorize the use of "John Doe" arrest warrants, which replace an unknown suspect's name with his or her DNA profile as the unique identifier. Prosecutors have increasingly...

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside of the Forsenics Lab of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior's Criminal Investigation Department on Tuesday, killing 21 people and injuring at least 80 others. The building collapsed shortly...

A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced four more people to death in connection with the July Xinjiang riots . The Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi sentenced eight others to life in prison and one to the death penalty...