Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday set July 26 as the date for a referendum in which Palestinians will vote on whether to establish a Palestinian state and implicitly recognize Israel. Palestinians will vote on the "national reconciliation" document , which was written by detainees from Palestinian factions who are serving time in Israeli jails. [...]

The number of worldwide refugees reached its lowest number since 1980 in 2005, but the overall number of internally displaced people in the world has increased dramatically, according to a report released Friday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) . In 2005, 8.4 million people were counted as refugees, [...]

An internal report conducted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and released Friday has concluded that UN authorities were not at fault and there was no criminal conduct in the March 5 suicide of Croatian Serb leader Milan Babic . The investigation began after Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic claimed that UN [...]

A federal appeals court ruled Friday to suppress three documents which contained information that the US Department of the Interior allegedly destroyed documents related to a class-action lawsuit brought by Native Americans , who claim they are owed tens of billions of dollars. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit ten years ago, accusing the government of [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that new rules requiring wholesalers to be able to track prescription drugs will take effect in December. The rules stem from the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 , a law aimed at combating drug counterfeiting . The FDA has so far been unable to fully enforce [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday to allow two anti-abortion health care groups to intervene in a California lawsuit regarding the federal Weldon Amendment , which prohibits federal money from going to federal, state and local governments that discriminate against health care service providers not offering abortion services. The California [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University Toronto Faculty of Law says that proceedings against the 17 Canadian men and youths recently charged with terrorism-related offenses in Ontario will put Canada's new Anti-Terrorism Act to its first real test… The arrest of twelve adults and five youths on terrorism charges in Toronto has resulted [...]

Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed as amicus curiae in connection with a Motion for Return of Property filed by Rep. William Jefferson, May 25, 2006, Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the US House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel, June 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the motion .

Report to the President, Death of Milan Babic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, June 8, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

American Council on Education v. FCC, United States Court of Appeal for the DC Cirucit, June 9, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.