HR 3567: To repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage, US House of Representatives, September 15, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest...

Projet de loi.... relatif a la protection penale de la propriete litteraire et artistique sur Internet (Bill... on the criminal protection of literary and artistic property on the Internet), French National Assembly, September 15, 2009 [revising the original draft, thereby...

Human Rights in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories, United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, September 15, 2009 [reporting that both Israel and Palestine committed war crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity during Israel's "Operation Cast...

The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) in Afghanistan said Tuesday that ballots from about 10 percent of polls need to be recounted because of allegations of fraud in last month's presidential election. Canadian head of the ECC...

Both Israel and Palestine committed war crimes that may amount to crimes against humanity during December and January's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza strip, according to a report released Tuesday by...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday that it has approved the release of former Bosnian president Biljana Plavsic . Her sentence was commuted after she served only...

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US president George W. Bush was released from prison Tuesday. Muntader al-Zaidi was originally sentenced to three years on charges of assaulting a foreign leader but later had...

A Niger opposition leader who opposed a constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in office said Monday that he had been charged with financial crimes. Mahamadou Issoufou, leader of the Nigerien Party...

The US officially took its place on the UN Human Rights Council for the first time Monday. In an address to the council, US Assistant Secretary for the Organization of International Affairs Esther Brimmer ...

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, September 14, 2009 [rejecting a $33 million settlement deal between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Bank of America and...