China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Wednesday announced new anti-corruption rules in an effort to increase public confidence in the rule of law. The new regulations prohibit various activities including accepting bribes, having...

The Russian Federation Council on Wednesday voted to ratify Protocol 14 to reform the European Convention of Human Rights . Council members voted 137-0 to pass the legislation, following earlier...

Bangladesh officials on Wednesday executed two of five former military officers sentenced to death for the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the country's founding president, just hours after the country's Supreme Court rejected...

Ugandan Principal Judge James Ogoola said Monday that the newly established War Crimes Division (WCD) of the High Court will seek to recruit foreign judges. Ogoola explained the need for foreign...

The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Tuesday that it is not bound by the decision of the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) that ordered the state to halt its controversial Land Reform Program...

Dozens of countries have illegally used secret detention facilities in their counter-terrorism efforts, according to a joint study issued Tuesday by four independent UN investigating groups. Information for the detailed study was collected through a...

Honduran Supreme Court President Jorge Rivera on Tuesday exonerated six military leaders accused of abuse of power for removing former president Manuel Zelaya from the country last June. Rivera found...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that an Uzbek Guantanamo Bay detainee has been transferred to Switzerland. The detainee, whose identity will not be disclosed in order to facilitate...

Her Majesty's Treasury v. Ahmed, et al., Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, January 26, 2010 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available...

Former chief legal adviser to the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Sir Michael Wood told the Iraq Inquiry in a public hearing on Tuesday that he had advised the Foreign...