The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has urged Nepal to adopt an amendment in its interim constitution creating a fully independent judiciary. In a letter to Subhash Nemwang, the speaker of the Parliament, ICJ...
A British judge issued a ruling Tuesday in the case of seven British soldiers facing court-martial for charges relating to the abuse of Iraqi detainees. Justice Stuart McKinnon ordered the ruling to remain private,...
A top legal advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) reported Tuesday that a German law protecting Volkswagen , Europe's largest carmaker, from takeovers is protectionist and should be repealed. Advocate General...
International donors urged Cambodia Monday to finally pass an anti-corruption law that has been in the works for more than a decade. US Ambassador to Cambodia Joseph Mussomeli expressed disappointment on behalf of donors such as Japan,...
Egyptian officials on Sunday released from detention Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr , the man at the heart of Italian judicial proceedings against US and Italian intelligence agents implicated in his alleged 2003 kidnapping [JURIST news archive;...
The Philippines government has pledged to cooperate fully with the UN rights official who arrived in the country Monday to investigate the surge of political murders. In a statement on behalf of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo [official website; BBC...
The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) sentenced former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan to death by hanging Monday in connection with crimes against humanity committed in the town of...
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the US Thursday to cooperate with proceedings initiated against a US soldier in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq. An Italian judge Wednesday ordered...
Comments by the commander of Guantanamo Bay that Australian detainee David Hicks continues to be a dangerous terrorist were cited by one of Hicks' lawyers Thursday as an example of...
Amnesty International accused Mexico in a report released Wednesday of having a "gravely flawed" criminal justice system in which human rights abuses are perpetuated and criminals are rarely punished. The report cites evidence...
