As Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes a seat on the US Supreme Court - the first Hispanic and only the third woman to do so - the federal judiciary as a whole continues to be heavily dominated...
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Most US federal court judges still white men, but demographics changing: report
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ICE acknowledges previously unreported immigration detainee deaths
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International arbitration commission splits Ethiopia-Eritrea border war damages
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State Department Mexico rights report paves way for aid
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Ex-Credit Suisse broker convicted of fraud and conspiracy
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Scotland court allows withdrawal of Lockerbie bomber appeal
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Federal judge denies habeas petition for Yemeni Guantanamo detainee: report
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Supreme Court refuses stay of execution in Sotomayor’s first vote as associate justice
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Switzerland court rejects assets claim by family of Haiti ex-president Duvalier
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Niger opposition vows to resist new constitution
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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acknowledged Monday that 11 deaths in immigration detention had gone unreported . ICE added 10 names to the official roster of immigration detainee fatalities and acknowledged an...
The specially-established Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission on Monday awarded damages "resulting from violations of international law" that occurred during the nations' 1998-2000 border war. The five-person panel established under the Permanent Court of Arbitration [official...
The US Department of State (DOS) on Monday announced that it has sent a report to Congress that gives a favorable opinion of Mexico's recent human rights record, paving the way for US aid...
Former Credit Suisse broker Eric Butler was convicted Monday of multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York . His co-defendant Julian Tzolov pleaded guilty last...
The Scottish High Court of the Judiciary on Tuesday accepted a request from convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi to withdraw a pending appeal to his 2001 conviction....
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a confidential ruling last week denying a habeas corpus petition by Guantanamo Bay detainee Adham Mohammed Ali Awad, the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of death row inmate Jason Getsy. The Court also declined Getsy's petition for review. This was the first decision for newly...
A Swiss court has denied an appeal by the family of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier to claim money hidden in Swiss banks by Duvalier while he led the island nation. The family's claim was rejected by...
Niger's opposition parties on Monday announced that they would resist any effort to implement a new constitution expanding executive powers, which was approved by Nigerien voters earlier this month and validated by the country's Constitutional...
