The Criminal Chamber of the Peruvian Supreme Court on Wednesday sentenced former president Alberto Fujimori to six years in prison for multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori is to...
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective
Peru ex-president Fujimori sentenced to 6 years for illegal wiretapping and bribery
Georgia South Ossetia offensive violated international law: EU commission
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White House objects to journalist shield proposal on national security grounds
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Russian religious freedom judgment [ECHR]
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Musharraf emergency rule constitutionality judgment [Pakistan SC]
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Associated Press CEO urges Senate to increase government transparency
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Supreme Court adds 10 cases to 2009 docket
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ICC to prosecute suspects for Kenya 2007 post-election violence
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South Ossetia conflict report [EU IIFFMCG]
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Iranian terrorism litigation review [US DC]
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Georgia violated international law when it shelled the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali in August 2008, according to a report released Wednesday by a European Union-backed commission. The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFFMCG)...
The Obama administration on Wednesday informed Congress that it objects to a proposed journalist shield law that would protect journalists who refuse to disclose sources that leak national security information. Under changes proposed by the administration, a reporter who...
Kimlya and others v. Russia, European Court of Human Rights, October 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...
Sindh High Court Bar Association through its Secretary, et al. v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary, Ministry of Lawand Justice, Islamabad, et al., Supreme Court of Pakistan, October 1, 2009 [full judgment holding that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the...
Associated Press CEO Tom Curley told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that passage of the OPEN FOIA Act is a necessary first step to counter the "secrecy reflex at some agencies." At a...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday added 10 cases to its 2009 docket. In addition to taking a case dealing with the Second Amendment and another on a controversial terrorism law , the...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Wednesday that the ICC will prosecute the most responsible parties for the December 2007 Kenyan post-election violence now that Kenya's September...
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia, September 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....
In Re: Islamic Republic of Iran Terrorist Litigation, US District Court for the District of Columbia, September 30, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
