UN Under-Secretary-General Jan Egeland , the UN humanitarian relief coordinator, told the UN Security Council Friday not to weaken a proposed resolution on protecting civilians in war zones, reminding delegations of the 26 million people forced from their homes due to violence in Northern Uganda, Sudan, and the Ivory Coast. The resolution could be the [...]

The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, Decision on Assigned Counsel Application for Interview and Testimony of Tony Blair and Gerhard Schröder, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, December 9, 2005. Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark , currently a defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , Friday accused witnesses of false testimony, claiming they had read their testimonies from pre-written statements. Only two of the nine witnesses that have testified thus far have stood in open court, while the rest have testified from behind a curtain [...]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Friday that it is in “intense dialogue” with US authorities to visit all detainees held by the US in the war on terror. The US State Department confirmed Thursday that the ICRC does not have access to all detainees, although it is allowed to visit everyone [...]

Britain’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced Friday that a soldier arrested in May 2004 in connection with fake photos of Iraqi prisoner abuse published in the UK's Daily Mirror newspaper will not face charges. The crown prosecution service felt that there was insufficient evidence and an unrealistic prospect of convicting Private Stuart Mackenzie for obtaining [...]

Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Friday decided that they will not issue subpoenas for UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ordering them to testify as witnesses in the Slobodan Milosevic trial as the former Yugoslav president had requested. Milosevic wanted the two leaders to [...]

Lawyers for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced Friday that they have filed a second appeal to overturn Khodorkovsky's conviction on tax evasion and fraud charges . Khodorkovsky, former head of oil company Yukos, and his business partner Platon Lebedev were sentenced to nine years in prison , though the sentence was reduced to eight [...]

Eyewitness reports are showing that Rigoberto Alpizar , who was shot and killed onboard a plane at the Miami International Airport Wednesday, never claimed to have a bomb . Federal officials say they opened fire after Alpizar disobeyed their warnings to stop, reached into his backpack, and said he had a bomb. Passengers, however, who [...]

In order to comply with Thursday's judgment from the UK Law Lords banning the use of evidence obtained through torture, judges on Britain's Special Immigration Appeals Court (SIAC) will hold hearings early next year to determine whether evidence used in as many as 30 terrorism cases was obtained by torture. The SIAC hears appeals of [...]

Cambodia and the United Nations moved closer to beginning genocide trials for Khmer Rouge leaders with an announcement Friday that the UN-backed tribunal will begin setting up offices next month. A list of Cambodian and international candidates to serve as judges and prosecutors will be unveiled later in December. No former leader of the communist [...]