The European Court of Justice on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to a European Commission directive requiring telecommunication companies operating in European Union (EU) member countries to retain phone...
Italian lawmakers have said they still plan to vote on legislation that would make it a crime to remove a feeding tube from a comatose patient, despite the death Monday of...
Eluana Englaro , an Italian woman at the center of a right-to-die controversy in the country, died Monday, shortly after the Italian Senate began debate on legislation that would...
Bolivia's new constitution , which gives more power to the country's indigenous majority, went into effect on Saturday. Announcing the event, President Evo Morales said it represented a new beginning [press release,...
Thousands of Venezuelans gathered Saturday in Caracas and other cities to protest a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate presidential term limits in the country. The amendment, which would allow President Hugo Chavez [BBC profile; JURIST...
Britain's House of Lords Constitution Committee released a report Friday saying that the country's use of widespread video surveillance and personal data collection pose a threat to citizens' privacy and freedom. The...
The US State Department announced Monday that it has instituted sanctions against Chinese, Iranian, and North Korean arms companies for violating US rules against the spread of weapons and missile technology. Under the sanctions, the...
Spain is considering legislation to limit the the scope of universal jurisdiction applied by the country's National Court , according to Spanish media reports Sunday. If adopted, the Reform of the Judiciary Act would...
Egypt's Agouza Appeals Court Saturday overturned the prison sentences of four newspaper editors convicted of defaming President Hosni Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) . The four men, Ibrahim Eissa, editor of Al Dustour;...
US President Barack Obama Friday issued three executive orders favoring organized labor and departing from the pro-employer labor policies of the previous Bush administration. Notification of employee rights under federal labor law requires employers...
