US government discussed warrantless searches after 9/11: report
In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks , US government lawyers discussed ways to search the homes and businesses of suspected terrorists without court approval at the same time they debated warrantless electronic surveillance [JURIST...
ICC set to start first war crimes case against Congolese defendant
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague will begin proceedings at an arraignment Monday against its first defendant, Thomas Lubanga , founder of Congolese rebel group the Union of Patriotic Congolese ....
The European Union (EU) is voicing reservations about human rights in Belarus in the wake of a growing number of reports of abuses there. At the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday,...
Intelligence Committee chair supports warrantless surveillance
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) , the Republican chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee , Friday expressed his strong support for President Bush's controversial domestic surveillance program in a 19-page letter addressed...
US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch , said Saturday that interference by Iraqi political groups may compromise the independence of the judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ...
In anticipation of US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings next month, Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a proposed Senate resolution Friday, criticizing the...
US v. Joseph Bibee et al., United States District Court for the District of Oregon, January 19, 2006 [indictment of eleven people alleged to have carried out a series of arsons causing millions of dollars in damage in five Western...
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock on Friday ruled against a 1973 state law that prohibits same-sex marriage , declaring that the statute subjects the plaintiff couples to a discriminatory classification...
A Turkish appeals court on Friday ordered Mehmet Ali Agca , the man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, to return to prison and Agca was subsequently taken into custody in Istanbul. Agca was...
Legal Authorities Supporting the Activities of the National Security Agency Described by the President, US Department of Justice, January 19, 2006 [white paper saying that the NSA activities are supported by the president's position as Commander in Chief and congressional...
