AP is reporting that the judge in the first federal Vioxx case has declared a mistrial. The jury reported over the weekend that it was deadlocked, but US District Judge Eldon Fallon had urged them to...
Retired Croatian general Ante Gotovina pleaded not guilty Monday in his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at The Hague after he was transferred to its detention facility over...
Australian police arrested 16 people Sunday after a massive race riot in a Sydney suburb set 5000 people, mostly white men and youths, against individuals of apparent Middle Eastern descent. New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken...
Jose Padilla v. Commander C.T. Hanft, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, December 9, 2005 [US DOJ brief arguing that as Jose Padilla has been indicted on 11 criminal counts by civil authorities the case of his...
Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said Saturday in a television interview that he will order an investigation into reports that the CIA ran a secret detention facility in Poland. Allegations have been circulating in press reports and...
The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, Decision on Assigned Counsel Application for Interview and Testimony of Tony Blair and Gerhard Schröder, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, December 9, 2005. Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's...
Daniel Hernandez et al. v. Victor L. Robles, Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, December 8, 2005 . Excerpt:The role of the courts is...
USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, Conference Report, US House Judiciary Committee, December 8, 2005. Read the full text of the report , and review a section-by-section summary . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
A and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, UK House of Lords, December 8, 2005 . Read the full text of...
On Terrorists and Torturers, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, December 7, 2005 [statement issued on the occasion of Human Rights Day declaring that the absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of the international human rights law, is...
