Kenya court convicts suspect for 2007 post-election violence
A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced the first suspect in the 2007 post-election violence to life imprisonment. Justice Roselyn Wendoh convicted Paul Ruto, who is not related to William Ruto , for the murder...
Both sides in the case of former Kenyan minister William Ruto and journalist Joshua Arap Sang announced on Monday that the trial will start next March before the International Criminal Court (ICC) despite the election...
Amendment 1 and President Obama: The Dichotomy of Same-Sex Marriage
JURIST Guest Columnist Brynne Madway, The George Washington University Law School Class of 2013, offers insight on the Obama administration's public endorsement of gay marriage and examines the current state of LGBT initiatives...Earlier this month, North Carolina preacher Charles Worley...
The Federal Arbitration Court in Tyumen on Monday ordered a new hearing in a lower court in a lawsuit against British Petroleum (BP) . The suit was brought by minority shareholders in BP's Russian venture, TNK-BP, alleging that...
Judge Carl Barbier for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana signed a case management order on Wednesday outlining the structure for the upcoming trial of Gulf oil spill ...
Croatian Accession to the EU: Political Battles and Legal Challenges
JURIST Guest Columnist Dora Rotar, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the seventh entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Rotar...
US President Barack Obama on Friday requested the withdrawal of national smog standards proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . The draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards would have reduced the amount...
ICTY prosecutor urges greater effort to arrest war crimes suspect Mladic
Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz called on Serbia and other governments Monday to increase efforts to find and arrest former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic [case...
UN prosecutor, UK reaffirm commitment to justice for Srebrenica victims
British Prime Minister David Cameron and UN Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Serge Brammertz marked the Fifteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre , by reaffirming their commitment to bringing those responsible for the deaths...
The family of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will file a claim in the Belgrade District Court seeking to have the former military leader declared officially dead, according to Serbian...
