Two Iraqis formerly held as detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad are scheduled to testify by videotape today as part of the prosecution of Spc. Charles Graner on multiple charges [original chargesheet;...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced in the House of Commons that the last four Britons held by the US at the terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay will be released in...
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine late Monday certified opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko the winner of the December 26 re-vote over former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukoyvch. Under Ukrainian law the certification must now be approved by the...
Internal audit reports on the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, UN Office of Internal Oversight Services; posted by the Independent Inquiry Committee Into the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, January 9, 2005 [concluding that although the program was plagued by mismanagement, especially in the...
Testimony of Dean Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Law School, on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales for the post of US Attorney General, January 6, 2005. Read the full text of Koh's statement here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
The Palestinian Central Election Commission Monday issued provisional final results for Sunday's presidential election, awarding victory to PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas with 62.32% of the vote, far ahead of second place human right activist Mustafa Barghouti, who...
A Chilean court has granted bail for former president General Augusto Pinochet, under house arrest at his ranch west of Santiago. Pinochet's house arrest began last week after a Chilean appeals court upheld a lower court order issued after...
The entire 13-member regional election commission for the Iraqi province of Anbar, west of Baghdad in the so-called "Sunni triangle", has resigned and gone into hiding according to a local newspaper. The head of the commission said it was...
A ban on smoking in enclosed public places took effect in Italy Monday in the latest European legislative move against a recognized public health hazard. As previously reported in JURIST's Paper Chase, Ireland became the first country to implement...
The US Supreme Court began its 2005 calendar Monday by turning down appeals on Florida gay adoption, liability of gun manufacturers, standards for nominating presidential candidates, Worldcom securities fraud, and a host of other issues in some 500 cases....
