The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday charged 10 former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with war crimes for their actions during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
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EU Kosovo authorities charge 10 for war crimes
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UN report criticizes Israel for flotilla raid
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Federal appeals court partially upholds South Dakota abortion consent law
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Obama withdraws EPA smog standards
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Libya interim leaders pledge adherence to rule of law
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Sri Lanka to continue detaining terror suspects despite lifting emergency laws
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Federal judge allows Mississippi health care reform challenge to proceed
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Third Circuit rules prolonged detention of immigrants unconstitutional
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Cambodia genocide tribunal concludes fitness hearing for Khmer Rouge leaders
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DOJ asks appeals court to vacate ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ ruling
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The UN on Friday criticized Israel for using excessive force during a May 2010 flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip . In a...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday partially upheld a South Dakota law which expanded the requirements for informed consent for abortion . The court upheld the provision that...
US President Barack Obama on Friday requested the withdrawal of national smog standards proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . The draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards would have reduced the amount...
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) assured world leaders on Friday that Libya will be a society of tolerance and respect for the rule of law. During a meeting in Paris chaired by French President Nicolas...
Sri Lanka will continue to outlaw the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and detain terror suspects indefinitely despite lifting emergency laws, officials announced Thursday. The laws restricting civil and political rights for the past 30...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law will be allowed to proceed. The lawsuit...
A three-judge panel sitting for the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that immigrants who are imprisoned while fighting deportation cannot be held indefinitely without a bail hearing and that the...
The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday concluded three days of hearings in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh aimed at determining whether two senior Khmer Rouge ...
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a ruling that the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC § 654; JURIST...
