Courtney Murphy : "Like so much in New Orleans, both pre- and post-Katrina, the Juvenile Court system is a dichotomy, its two faces coexisting uneasily. Looking at the system as it is now, I feel hope and also an overwhelming despair. Our supervisor is with the Juvenile Court in order to reform the system and [...]

A federal judge ruled Friday that former vice-presidential Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby be given limited access to presidential security briefing transcripts to assist him in his defense against perjury charges in the CIA leak case . Libby claims that he was so busy with security matters around the time of the leak [...]

Press release, Slobodan Milosevic found dead in his cell at the detention unit, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic , on trial at The Hague for genocide and war crimes , has died suddenly, according to the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia . The cause of death is not yet known. The Tribunal has issued the following statement:Today, Saturday 11 March 2006, Slobodan Milosevic was found lifeless on [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that what is most important about the trial of Slobodan Milosevic in the wake of his sudden death in jail is not its lack of outcome, but rather the hope its example holds for future justice against other dictators… The sudden death of [...]

UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson has postponed until next week a scheduled plenary to approve the proposed UN Human Rights Council , the body anticipated to take the place of the severely-criticized UN Commission on Human Rights. Eliasson had hoped to have a draft resolution on the Council approved by the time the next [...]

US v. Zacarias Moussaoui, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj, Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US District Judge Leonie Brinkema late Friday refused a media motion for immediate access to admitted documentary evidence and bench transcripts in the sentencing trial of accused September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, ruling that the court did not have the resources to provide such access and that it would undermine the integrity of the proceeding [...]

An appeals panel of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled Friday that former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj can return to politics in Kosovo during his provisional release pending trial for war crimes scheduled to begin in 2007 , but only on condition that any requests by him to appear in public [...]