The US House of Representatives Tuesday voted 229-182 to pass a resolution creating an independent ethics panel to investigate allegations of malfeasance against House lawmakers. The Office of Congressional Ethics will consist of six non-House members of "exceptional public standing." This represents the first time that the House has delegated the authority to investigate alleged [...]

Telecommunications companies who have assisted the government in its warrantless surveillance program would not be provided retroactive immunity from prosecution under the latest version of proposed surveillance legislation being considered by the US House of Representatives. The companies, however, would be allowed to present classified evidence in their defense without granting access to plaintiffs. Democratic [...]

A member of the National Human Rights Commission of Indonesia said Tuesday that the commission has launched an investigation into human rights abuses committed during the regime of former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto , telling AP that four separate teams will work until mid-May to gather evidence into killings, kidnappings and other abuses allegedly [...]

The UK House of Commons voted 346-206 Tuesday in favor of the EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon . MPs adopted the European Union (Amendment) Bill , which will incorporate the Treaty of Lisbon into UK law, after the bill's third reading . The bill now goes to the House [...]

Democrats in the US House of Representatives Tuesday failed to secure enough votes to override President George W. Bush's veto of the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008 , which would have prohibited the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from using waterboarding and other interrogation techniques not explicitly authorized by the 2006 Army Field Manual. Even with [...]

State of Kansas ex rel Paul J. Morrison, Attorney General of the State of Kansas v. The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, Kansas Supreme Court, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., v. Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, March 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday granted a request filed by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy to block a daily contempt of court fine while Locy appeals the district court decision to impose sanctions against her for refusing to disclose government sources who provided information about former [...]

Leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will stand trial in Uganda rather than at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told AP Tuesday. Museveni said that the Ugandan government and LRA had reached a deal to try some LRA members under a traditional mediation system. Other Ugandan [...]