The Chinese National People's Congress on Friday approved a landmark law protecting private property by a 2799-52 vote. Chinese lawmakers have been considering the bill for over 13 years, and the final...
The appeals chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) on Thursday upheld the death penalty for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , rejecting his appeal of...
In celebration of JURIST's 10th anniversary, JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are hosting a one-day conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 29. Law as a Seamless Web|site will feature four panels and...
Defense lawyers for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan have filed an appeal with the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) , asking the court to overturn Ramadan's death...
Several high-ranking Democratic senators have called for the resignation of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in the wake of revelations in an official audit that the FBI broke and misused laws in the process of...
The Sudanese trial of Ali Kushayb , one of the two suspects accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, and two other security officials has been delayed after Kushayb...
The US Senate voted 51-48 Wednesday to adopt an amendment to a new anti-terror bill , weakening union rights that would be granted to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners under the bill. President Bush...
The UK House of Commons backed two different proposals Wednesday on reforming the upper house of parliament , the House of Lords . Members of the House of Lords currently are appointed or...
Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be arraigned before a US military commission on March 20, marking his first commission appearance after over five years in US detention. Australian Prime Minister John Howard...
Native American plaintiffs in the decade-old Indian Trust case have rejected a new $7 billion settlement proposal from the US government but the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee nonetheless says...
