The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Tuesday announced plans to complete operations a year early and to significantly reduced its budget.  Earlier this year the court announced plans to operate until 2011, but has been unable to raise the funds necessary to support the plan. The court said that it would still be able to [...]

UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw Tuesday held emergency meetings with members of Parliament to discuss possible legislation that would expressly allow anonymous witnesses to testify at some trials.  The recently adopted judicial practice was challenged last week by a Law Lords ruling  that it may deny defendants' right to meaningfully challenge the witnesses against them. The judges [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to delay a by-election scheduled for Thursday in the district of the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif until the court rules on an appeal of a lower court ruling that barred Sharif from standing in the by-election. A three-judge [...]

US Ambassador to Albania John L. Withers colluded with Albanian officials to hide evidence of an illegal ammunition selling plan from New York Times reporters, Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Henry Waxman (D-CA) alleged in a letter Monday. Government arms contractor AEY allegedly sold ammunition produced in China to the US Department of Defense [...]

Rights group Equipo Nizkor has petitioned Spain's National Court to extradite and try four former Nazi officers for alleged war crimes committed during WWII, a group lawyer said Tuesday. The suit was brought on behalf of a concentration camp survivor and families of three who died at the camp. Under Spanish law, the country's courts [...]

The Pakistan government will challenge Monday's Lahore High Court ruling blocking Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from running in upcoming parliamentary elections, current Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Tuesday. The ruling, which bars Sharif from a June 26 by-election, was criticized by both the PML-N and the [...]

The Department of Justice improperly granted preferential treatment to conservative candidates in assessing job and summer internship applications under a 2002 screening program, according to a Tuesday report by the DOJ Office of the Inspector General . It was found that political officials played a greater role in the department's hiring processes, supporting long-standing accusations [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously ruled against Turkey Tuesday in two cases concerning the deaths of Greek Cypriots. Anastasios Issac was killed at a 1996 protest, and Solomos Solomou was shot at Issac's funeral; the ECHR found that Turkish agents were responsible for both deaths. The court held that Turkey had violated [...]

Elisa Mari, Pitt Law '10, files from Athens: Lately it has been more of a hassle and more crowded than usual at the Land Registry Office (Ypothikofilakeio). A title search in Greece consists of going through the old hand written volumes of the registries to check for title, mortgages, liens, etc. all listed under the [...]

Accused terrorist Mohammed Momin Khawaja pleaded not guilty in an Ottawa court Monday to charges related to an alleged UK bomb plot. Khawaja's lawyer said the allegations were exaggerated and that Monday testimony by former al Qaeda operative Mohammed Babar should be excluded as hearsay. The National Post has more. CTV has additional coverage. Last [...]