France judge requests access to Guantanamo to probe torture allegations
A French judge has requested access to information from Guantanamo Bay in order to investigate allegations of torture being made by three French citizens. Judge Sophie Clement requested access to documents, as well as access to individuals...
UK Human Rights Litigation After the Iraq War
David Feldman, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; January 17, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Virginia Keyder of the State University of New York at Binghamton and Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, says that the recent decisions in EU case law shows a trend towards viewing intellectual property as a way to...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit but denied review of three Guantanamo cases [JURIST...
Spain lawmaker considering legal action over lifted US Bin Laden image
A Spanish lawmaker Saturday expressed anger over the use of his image as a basis for an FBI mock-up of Osama bin Laden , saying he would like a formal explanation and may file...
The US Senate on Monday voted 75-21 to confirm Eric Holder to serve as Attorney General. Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to approve Holder's nomination. Monday's debate over...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 Wednesday to approve the nomination of Eric Holder to serve as Attorney General. Holder won the approval of all the Democrats on the committee, as well as some...
Virginia lethal injection procedure does not violate Constitution: federal appeals court
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled . Thursday that Virginia's method of execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Virginia death row...
Sharing a SOFA With Iraq: Towards a Status of Forces Agreement
JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...
The movement in Malaysia to reform the judiciary took another step forward Thursday as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told a Bar Council assembly that the government will implement a Judicial Appointments Commission that will identify and...
