Fijian Chief Justice Anthony Gates issued a statement on Sunday criticizing the Australian and New Zealand governments for placing travel restrictions on Fijian officials including the judiciary. The controversy began last month when a...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases. In Hamilton, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Lanning , the Court limited its grant of certiorari to "hether,...
Russia must undertake extensive legal reforms in order to protect human rights, according to a report issued Friday by the UN Human Rights Committee . The committee found that Russia is failing to protect important human rights...
The US Department of State (DOS) released its annual Report on International Religious Freedom Monday, criticizing Islamic countries for limiting religious expression. The report found that countries such as North Korea and Iran ...
The Supreme Court of Hawaii announced Friday that state courts will be closed two Fridays each month beginning in November 2009. Chief Justice Ronald Moon found that the difficult decision [Honolulu...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases. In Kiyemba v. Obama , the court will consider whether a group of 13 Uighur Guantanamo Bay...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that 14 victims of Hurricane Katrina have standing to sue companies for allegedly contributing to global warming , which...
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic announced Tuesday that it will hold a public hearing on October 27 regarding a challenge to the country's signing of the European Union (EU) reform treaty, known as...
The Constitutional Court of Gabon upheld on Monday the presidential election victory of Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba . Bongo, former minister of defence and foreign affairs and of son of long-time Gabonese president Omar Bongo , received...
A Sudanese court again sentenced four men to death on Monday for the January 2008 murder of two US Agency for International Development (USAID) employees. The men were previously convicted and sentenced to death in...
