On Tuesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to pay an undetermined amount to Guinea for the 1988 arbitrary imprisonment of a Guinean businessman. The tribunal found [judgment,...
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ICJ orders DRC to compensate Guinea for false detention of businessman
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Serbia requests extradition of accused Nazi living in US
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EU announces antitrust probe into Google business practices
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Supreme Court upholds limits on municipal liability
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First UK hate crimes report reveals 50,000 incidents reported last year
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Second US soldier charged in probe into Afghan civilian deaths
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Federal judge sentences Somali pirate to 30 years
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Federal judge blocks Oklahoma Islamic law ban
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Leaked cables reveal US urged Germany not to prosecute CIA officials for rendition
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Supreme Court considers federal habeas corpus cases
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Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic said that Serbia has filed documents asking the US to extradite accused Nazi war criminal and naturalized US citizen Peter Egner to Serbia so that he can stand trial...
The European Commission on Tuesday announced a formal investigation into allegations that Google abused its dominant market position by manipulating search results to give its own services preferential placement. The...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Los Angeles County v. Humphries that, when alleging a municipality violated their civil rights under 42 USC § 1983 ,...
More than 50,000 hate crimes were reported last year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to a report released Tuesday, the first time such a report has been made public. The Association of Chief...
Major General Curtis Scaparrotti of the US Army on Monday ordered a court-martial for Staff Sergeant David Bram stemming from a larger case involving five soldiers accused of killing Afghan citizens. Bram is charged with...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday sentenced Somali citizen Jama Idle Ibrahim to 30 years in prison for an April attack on the USS Ashland in...
A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on Monday ordered a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of the controversial Oklahoma constitutional amendment banning the courts...
The Bush administration urged Germany not to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials involved in the alleged illegal arrest and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri under the administration's extraordinary rendition program [JURIST news...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Wall v. Kholi . The court is considering whether a state court sentence-reduction motion consisting...
