The Supreme Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kinhasa was set on fire Tuesday by protestors supporting Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba , who on Saturday filed a challenge [JURIST...

A Fiji High Court judge Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case against former Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka , charged with inciting a military mutiny . Although High Court Justice Gerard Winter did not disclose his...

The tax fraud trial of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills was adjourned Tuesday after the defense applied to have one of the judges taken off the...

A judge in the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on Monday urged prosecutors to either charge hospital workers accused of killing four patients in the wake of Hurricane Katrina or drop the case. Judge...

The Supreme Court of Israel ruled 6-1 Tuesday that same-sex marriages ordained abroad must be recognized by the state . The ruling does not allow for same-sex civil marriages to occur...

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the 1996 Communications Decency Act protects online users, including bloggers, who republish defamatory statements written by others from liability. Citing First Amendment concerns, the...

Israel's use of force during its 33-day standoff with Hezbollah in Lebanon was "excessive, indiscriminate and disproportionate" in "flagrant violation" of international law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Council [official...

A draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning human rights violations in Uzbekistan has been blocked in the General Assembly's Third Committee by a group of mainly developing nations that claim...

Lance Cpl. Robert B. Pennington, one of several US Marines facing court-martial in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania , told a military court Monday that agents from the...

The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Monday that the National Security Agency (NSA) can withhold documents and information relating to its Terrorist Surveillance Program [JURIST news archive; US DOJ fact sheet,...