Spanish National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon testified Wednesday before the Criminal Law Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court in response to accusations that he exceeded his authority when he launched an investigation...
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Spain judge Garzon defends 2008 Franco probe
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Uruguay senate gives final approval to law allowing adoption by same-sex couples
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Karadzic war crimes trial set for October 19
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Supreme Court rehears campaign finance arguments
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DC Circuit upholds Congressional lobbying disclosure law
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Former Bosnia Serb leader transferred to UK to serve 20-year sentence
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Argentina court reinstates charges against ex-president over 2001 riot deaths
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Germany passes law to exonerate Nazi-era ‘war traitors’
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UN-backed Afghanistan electoral commission orders partial recount of votes
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Federal judge rules New York violating ADA by segregating mentally ill adults
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The Uruguayan Senate voted 17-6 to approve a law legalizing adoption by same sex couples. The new law will permit adoptions by couples in both marriages and civil unions after four...
The trial of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is scheduled to begin October 19, according to a press release from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday. Presiding...
The US Supreme Court reheard oral arguments Wednesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to determine whether two precedent cases that uphold restraints...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a district court decision upholding the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) , which requires...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik has been transferred to the UK to serve his 20-year prison sentence , the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday. Krajisnik...
The Buenos Aires Appeals Court in Argentina overturned the dismissal of murder charges against former president Fernando de la Rua on Tuesday. The charges were dismissed in April by Judge Claudio Bonadio after he said that the...
The German Bundestag unanimously passed a law Tuesday overturning the conviction of Nazi-regime "war traitors." Among those whose names have been cleared are resistance fighters, people who aided Jews, and...
The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Tuesday ordered Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) to conduct a partial recount of votes from polling stations with high irregularities. According to ECC investigations:The overwhelming...
A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled Tuesday that the state of New York has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by segregating mentally...
