Top officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told the UN Security Council Wednesday that...
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Federal judge allows Mississippi health care reform challenge to proceed
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law will be allowed to proceed. The lawsuit...
The convicted ringleader of abuses committed at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad was released Saturday after serving more than six-and-a-half years of his 10-year sentence. Army Spc. Charles Graner , who was being held...
Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial Friday in the Pechersky District Court on abuse of power charges. Thousands of protesters surrounded the building, supporting Tymoshenko and...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard arguments on Wednesday regarding the constitutionality of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , specifically...
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko files complaint with Europe rights court
Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday, alleging violations of the European Convention of Human...
Fourth Circuit finds it can rule on health care law challenge
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided Thursday there is no conflict with the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) and that it can rule on two challenges to the health care reform [text; JURIST news...
Milorad Dodik , president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Republika Srpska , announced on Friday that he has cancelled a referendum on the legality of the war crimes court that was set to take place...
Fiji High Court sentences 8 for attempted assassination of military leader
The Fiji High Court sentenced eight men to prison terms ranging from three to seven years for plotting the assassination of the leader of the country's military government on Friday. The sentencing judge, Justice Paul Madigan chastised the men...
A court in Zimbabwe on Wednesday released on bail 15 human rights activists, including activist and journalist Jestina Mukoko , who had been ordered back into custody Tuesday. Mukoko is...