Snedden v Republic of Croatia, Federal Court of Australia, September 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Dragan Vasiljkovic.

Prashant Bhushan : "The issue of asset disclosure of judges in India arose out of a Right to Information Application filed by one Subhash Agarwal with the Supreme Court seeking to know if judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court were complying with the 1997 "Code of Conduct" adopted at the Chief Justices [...]

Investigation of Failure of the SEC to Uncover Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme, US Securities and Exchange Commission Office of the Inspector General, released September 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on Bernard Madoff.

Warman, et al. v. Lemire, et al., Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, September 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on hate speech laws.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Wednesday called an emergency meeting of political officials to discuss potential changes to the country's constitution, one day after the Constitutional Court delayed elections planned for October 9 and 10 to consider a suit by a lawmaker. The court delayed the election after independent lawmaker Milos Melcak filed a complaint [...]

A Thai criminal court has sentenced political activist Darunee Charnchoengsilpakul to 18 years in prison for insulting the royal family. Darunee was convicted last Friday on charges of violating Thailand's lese majeste law, which prohibits defaming, insulting, or threatening "King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent, or the Regent." Darunee was accused of denouncing the royal family [...]

The Scottish Parliament voted 73-50 Wednesday to condemn last month's decision by Scottish Justice Minister Kennny MacAskill to release to Libya convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi . The symbolic vote was a defeat for the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) but did not represent an attempt to overthrow the [...]

The Federal Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic may appeal his extradition to Croatia, finding a real chance of prejudice if the extradition were carried out. Vasiljkovic, also known as Daniel Snedden, is accused of war crimes in connection with his treatment of Croatian prisoners during the 1991-1995 war [...]

The Commonwealth of Nations on Tuesday suspended the island nation of Fiji from its organization because it failed to meet the September 1 deadline for reinstating a constitutional democracy and opening a national dialogue following its December 2006 military coup . Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma said that a letter received from Fiji's military leader Commodore [...]

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced Tuesday that a group of 91 countries have reached an agreement on the final text of the first ever treaty to combat illegal fishing. The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing aims to prevent illegally caught fish [...]