Two former Pennsylvania judges on Monday withdrew their guilty pleas on charges of accepting more than $2.6 million in kickbacks for sentencing teenagers to two private juvenile detention facilities in which they had a financial interest. Former...

Chinese officials on Tuesday denied a Monday state media report that more than 200 people detained during last month's violent demonstrations in China's Xinjiang province will go on trial this week. State-run China Daily reported...

The Canadian federal government said Tuesday that it will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a Federal Court of Appeal decision ordering the government to press for the release and return of...

China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday considered a draft bill that would allow the People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) to respond to riots. The proposed legislation would also allow the PAPF...

Arriola, et al. v. Fares, et al., Supreme Court of Argentina, August 25, 2009 . Reported...

Humanitarian Law Project, et al. v. US Treasury Department, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 24, 2009 [ruling against a Humanitarian Law Project challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224, which prohibits...

Counterterrorism Detention and Interrogation Activities (September 2001-October 2003), US Department of Justice, released August 24, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the controversial...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday released a much anticipated 2004 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) inspector general report detailing controversial interrogation techniques used on terror detainees. According to the report, interrogators...

A presidential special task force on interrogations and transfer policies issued its recommendations Monday calling on the Obama administration to create a specialized interrogation group to question top terrorist suspects. The task force, created by executive order...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad has been repatriated to Afghanistan. Co-counsel for Jawad, US Air Force Major Frakt,...