The Supreme Court of Pakistan released its detailed judgment regarding the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on Wednesday. The ordinance granted President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 other government officials immunity from...

Wood v. Allen, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 . Reported in...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday dismissed a suit against Italy by Palestinian immigrants alleging illegal expulsion from the country. In a statement explaining its decision, the court...

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Wednesday filed an appeal with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) challenging the imposition of a court-appointed lawyer ....

Kucana v. Holder, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more...

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the country's plans for enhanced airport security measures and anti-terrorism efforts to the House of Commons on Wednesday. The new security provisions include increasing intelligence information-sharing with foreign...

National Reconciliation Ordinance judgment, Supreme Court of Pakistan, January 20, 2010 .Reported in JURIST's...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously in Kucana v. Holder that a federal statute gives federal courts jurisdiction to review...

Spokesperson for the First People of Kalahari (FPK) Roy Sesana announced Tuesday that his organization plans to take its land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official...

The Malaysian Federal Court on Wednesday postponed the sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim until February 2 pending their decision on his access to prosecution evidence. Anwar's lawyers appealed to the Federal Court...