A US Department of Justice (DOJ) official told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the Obama administration supports the reauthorization of three provisions of the USA Patriot Act set to expire at...

The Obama administration will not push Congress for legislation to authorize the indefinite detention of terror suspects, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Instead, administration officials said they will rely on the authority granted through two resolutions passed in...

A US military judge on Wednesday granted a government request to further postpone hearings for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi . Chief judge for military commissions Colonel James Pohl set...

The Canadian Federal Court has ruled that the Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) lacked the authority to investigate complaints that Canadian forces illegally transferred detainees to Afghan custody with the Canadian government's knowledge....

UK Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer published an interim policy on assisted suicide Wednesday that takes several factors into consideration in deciding whether to prosecute such cases. While the new policy does not legalize...

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday announced new state secrets policies, seeking to establish greater government accountability and oversight. The new procedures and policies, set to take effect on October 1,...

The head of the Honduran interim government Roberto Micheletti on Tuesday called on Brazil to deliver deposed president Manuel Zelaya under an arrest warrant [text and materials, PPT in...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday began the trial of former Rwandan minister of planning Augustin Ngirabatware for his alleged involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Ngirabatware faces...

The French parliament gave final approval Tuesday to a new version of a controversial Internet piracy law that would suspend users' Internet access after the third violation. The bill was approved by a...

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Governor David Paterson has the authority to appoint a lieutenant governor, effectively making Richard Ravitch the state's lieutenant governor. In a 4-3...