Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI) and the International Crisis Group (ICG) , on Thursday declined an invitation from Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to testify before the probe investigating the end...
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Rights groups reject invitation to testify in Sri Lanka civil war probe
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Federal judge rules Texas Pledge of Allegiance constitutional
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Ontario high court rules witnesses may wear niqab unless unfair to accused
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Indonesia court strikes down law allowing government to ban books
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State AGs to investigate foreclosure practices
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Supreme Court hears arguments on access to DNA testing
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Sweden court begins first war crimes trial of former Bosnian prison guard
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Rights group urges arrest of DRC general for war crimes
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Federal court hears opening statements in ex-Guantanamo detainee’s civilian trial
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ICTR denies US lawyer immunity from Rwanda prosecution
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The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the words "one state under God" in the Texas Pledge of Allegiance do not violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution,...
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled Wednesday that a witness does not have to remove her niqab unless the failure to do so will prevent the accused from receiving a fair...
The Indonesian Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned a law that has allowed the Indonesian government to ban books it deemed controversial for nearly 50 years. The court found ...
Attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia announced Wednesday that they have formed a bipartisan group called the Mortgage Foreclosure Multistate Group (MFMG), which will be investigating allegations of procedural defects committed...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Skinner v. Switzer on a convicted prisoner's right to seek access to DNA testing....
The Stockholm District Court on Wednesday began proceedings in the the country's first war crimes trial of Swedish citizen and former Bosnian prison guard Ahmet Makitan . Makitan is accused of violating the Geneva Convention...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Congolese government to arrest Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes....
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday heard opening statements in the first civilian trial of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. An attorney for Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani [GlobalSecurity...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) released a decision last week that allows the Rwandan government to pursue charges against US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional...
