The US Department of Defense announced Tuesday that Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England has concluded that 55 Guantanamo Bay detainees are eligible for transfer after reviewing the results of a second round of administrative...
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...
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Monday, including Lance v. Coffman, where the Court concluded that four Republican voters in Colorado did not have standing to challenge a court-ordered congressional...
The US Supreme Court Monday refused to expedite its consideration of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking review of the 2006 Military Commissions Act (MCA) [PDF text;...
A Cambodian military court has charged Kaing Khek Iev , also known as Duch, with war crimes in an effort to keep Duch in custody until he can be tried before the Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal [JURIST...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Sunday signed into law legislation that removes "reservations to some international treaties" made by the Soviet Union refusing to recognize the jurisdiction of the UN's International Court of Justice...
Members of the Cherokee Nation voted Saturday to adopt an amendment to the tribe's constitution , limiting membership in the Cherokee Nation and stripping approximately 2,800 descendants of former Cherokee slaves of tribal membership....
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Wednesday criticized a US federal appeals court ruling supporting Congressional legislation denying "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. In a...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that its earlier decision in Crawford v. Washington , which established that out-of-court statements are inadmissible unless the witness is unavailable and the defendant...
Luis Moreno-Ocampo , chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked a panel of ICC judges Tuesday to issue summonses for two top suspects accused of committing war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan. The...
