JURIST Guest Columnist Don Rothwell of Australian National University College of Law says that until the United States is prepared to acknowledge that it has a continuing responsibility for some of the Guantanamo detainees once they have been released and shows a willingness to resettle at least some in the US, the future for many [...]

The US House Judiciary Committee voted 29-0 Wednesday to approve four articles of impeachment against US district court judge Samuel Kent based on his conviction for obstruction of justice in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of his secretary and former case manager. The articles charged that Kent had "engaged in conduct … incompatible with [...]

Three US contractors arrested for the killing of another contractor will be released due to insufficient evidence against them, their lawyers said Wednesday. Two other men are still being held , but are expected to be released shortly. The five men were arrested and accused of stabbing Jim Kitterman inside the Baghdad Green Zone in [...]

Loi favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la creation sur internet, French Constitutional Court, June 10, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Secretary of State for the Home Department v. AF, et al., UK House of Lords, June 10, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Secretary of State v AF

A naturalized American citizen believed to have ties to a Canadian terrorist cell was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to commit terrorism in the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia . Syed Haris Ahmed was found guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists following a bench trial presided over by Judge [...]

The French Constitutional Council ruled Wednesday that certain provisions of the proposed Internet piracy law violate the French Constitution . The challenge was brought by the opposition Socialist party on the grounds that the bill fails to find the balance between the rights of Internet users and those of copyright holders. The Socialists additionally argued [...]

Aza Gazgireyeva, deputy head of the Supreme Court in Russia's Ingushetia province was shot dead Wednesday while taking her children to school in the town of Nazran, according to a regional interior ministry spokesman quoted by Russian media. Four others also sustained injuries . Ingushetia President Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said that her suspected killers have been [...]

A panel of nine UK Law Lords decided Wednesday that the use of secret evidence to impose controversial control orders to detain terrorism suspects violates the European Convention on Human Rights , ordering the cases of three suspects to be reheard. The Lords held that a fair trial is not possible where a case is [...]

Palau President Johnson Toribiong has said that his country is willing to accept 17 Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , according to a statement provided to the Associated Press Wednesday. A senior US official said later Wednesday that the US is still considering Palau's offer and that no final arrangement has yet been reached. [...]