Revisions to the "final" (Sept. 18) version of the Iraqi draft constitution, as agreed by Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni negotiators on October 11, 2005. Articles translated by the Associated Press: NEW: Article 1: The Republic of Iraq is a single, independent federal state with full sovereignty. Its system of government is republican, representative (parliamentary) and [...]

Palestinian Chief Justice Zuhair al-Sourani resigned Thursday in protest of legislation that gives government ministers the power to appoint judges. In a letter to President Mahmoud Abbas , al-Sourani wrote that he could not continue in his post unless the law, which al-Sourani says "has torn the independence of the judicial system to pieces," is [...]

Canada must make "significant improvements" in its efforts to meet international human rights obligations, according to a new Amnesty International Canada report critical of the Canadian government for reserving the right to deport people to countries where they may be tortured. The report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva next [...]

Josip Jovic will surrender to the UN tribunal in The Hague Friday to face contempt charges in connection with publishing the name and testimony of a protected witness in 2000. Jovic and colleague Marijan Krizic were each charged with one count of contempt under International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia rules for revealing the [...]

The UK's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled against the deportation of a Zimbabwean man on Thursday and sharply criticized the Home Office for an "alarming" lack of interest in the conditions deportees would face back home. The tribunal ruled that although the man had been "fraudulent" and "deliberately dishonest" with British authorities, he would face [...]

Anthony Scrivener , a former chairman of the UK's Bar Council , has been asked by Saddam Hussein's family to represent the former Iraqi dictator at his upcoming trial . Perhaps Scrivener's most famous case was his work on the legal team representing the Guildford Four . Four innocent men were convicted of a 1975 [...]

Warrants for the arrest of leaders of the Uganda-based Lord's Resistance Army, unsealed October 13, 2005 . Review the warrants for Joseph Kony, Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, and Okot Odhiambo . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. ALSO ON JURIST  Topic: International Criminal Court | Video: International Criminal Court

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations on Thursday that could allow more pollution while power plants modernize. The proposal is aimed at the nation's 600 coal-burning power plants, which make up 55 percent of the energy generating capacity of the US. In June, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by 13 states [...]

Chinese activist Peng Ming has been sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorist activities by Wuhan's Intermediate People's Court. The court found that Peng tried to overthrow the Communist Party by operating a terrorist training base in Myanmar, orchestrating kidnappings and murder, and publishing numerous books and articles encouraging terrorism and violence. A former Communist Party [...]

Sudan has agreed to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its pursuit of rebel leaders from neighboring Uganda, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday. The ICC has issued arrest warrants for five leaders of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , and earlier this week unsealed the warrants . Although Sudan has supported [...]