Search Results for: 2005-10-25

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday refused a petition for an en banc rehearing by former Ukranian prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko , who had been on...

The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on Wednesday began the second stage of a consultation on giving certain prisoners the right to vote based on the length of their prison terms, seeking public...

On the eve of a long-anticipated ruling in the Bagosora "Military I" genocide trial, JURIST Special Guest Columnist Roland Amoussouga, Spokesperson and Senior Legal Adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), reviews the Tribunal's challenges and achievements as...

Hate crimes committed against Arab Americans have been steadily decreasing since the 9/11 attacks , according to a report released Thursday by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee . The report found that there were 120...

Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in a new report that Greece and Turkey are according inhumane treatment to migrants and possible asylum seekers from Iraq and elsewhere attempting to enter the EU. The...

The Texas Third Court of Appeals has allowed money-laundering indictments to stand against two alleged co-conspirators of former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) , rejecting their argument that the state laws used to...

A New Orleans judge on Wednesday threw out indictments against the so-called "Danziger Seven" , police officers accused of murder in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina . District Judge Raymond Bigelow ruled that prosecutors had violated...

The Malawi state security organization has put under surveillance the three-judge panel determining whether former President Bakili Muluzi is eligible to run for another term as president, according to a Friday report...

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...

A UK High Court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to force the government to put the ratification of the new EU reform treaty , known as the Treaty of Lisbon ,...