The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday revived the possibility of several state-law claims against individuals and entities connected to Enron Corp. by ruling that Texas courts may decide whether the period allotted for bringing such claims has lapsed. The court, based in New Orleans, reversed in part a ruling by [...]

The Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani , met with US officials on Sunday to discuss the release of six Pakistani citizens currently being held at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay . Pakistani media outlets, including the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), have reported that Haqqani has met with officials from [...]

The Serbian National Assembly on Tuesday ratified a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) to guide it toward accession to the European Union (EU) . The parliament voted 140-28 in favor of the agreement , which sets forth benchmarks for evaluating Serbia's prospective membership, particularly with regard to trade. The agreement will take effect upon ratification [...]

The Moscow Prosecutor General's Office filed a motion Monday to ban the US animated series South Park , alleging it violates children's rights under international law. In a press release , the office said it was taking "measures to remove violations and prevent abuse of freedom of mass media" by Telekanal 2×2 , which broadcasts [...]

Attorneys representing the Georgian Republic appeared before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday seeking emergency orders to stop the alleged killing and mass displacement of citizens in the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia . Georgia argued in opening statements that Russia is engaged in ethnic cleansing, while Russia countered that its military [...]

French politicians are criticizing a court's decision to postpone a Muslim suspect's trial on armed-robbery charges during the holy month of Ramadan , arguing that it violates France's constitutional separation of church and state. The Court of Assizes at Ille-et-Vilaine on Friday rescheduled the trial "in the interest of a proper administration of justice" after [...]

US blogger and attorney Gopalan Nair appeared in the Singaporean Supreme Court Monday and pleaded not guilty to insulting a public servant. Nair is on trial for accusing a judge of "prostituting herself" in a defamation case brought by former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew against the Singapore Democratic Party. Under a provision of [...]

A French judge on Monday ordered the Spiritual Association of the Church of Scientology (ASES – Celebrity Centre) to appear before the Paris Magistrates Court to face criminal charges. ASES has been unsuccessfully prosecuted in French courts before, and it along with an affiliated bookstore and seven church members must now defend against charges of [...]

JURIST Special Guest Columnists Nancy Wohlforth and Fred Mason, Co-Convenors of U.S. Labor Against the War, say that the proposed Iraqi oil law would put effective control of most of Iraq’s vast oil resources into the hands of foreign companies and make a mockery of any real Iraqi sovereignty… President Bush says the Iraq war [...]

The Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted 13-11 in support of a bill to restrict the ability of the Israeli Supreme Court to overturn laws passed by the Knesset and granting the Knesset authority to revise laws overturned by the court. The controversial measure, proposed last year by Israeli Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann , would provide [...]