The trial for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will start in late August and is likely to conclude in early 2012, according to a statement by the president of the International...
Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga told the UN Security Council Thursday that the decisions by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) not to transfer pending cases to...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged former Countrywide Financial Corporation officials with securities fraud arising from misleading investors. Former CEO Angelo Mozilo was additionally charged with insider trading for...
The US House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Thursday denied the $60 million requested by President Barack Obama for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by...
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Thursday returned a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire regarding her prior judgments, financial status, potential conflicts of interest, and various other details...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to remand the case of two convicted Alaska lawmakers to district court and to release the prisoners...
Turkish police on Thursday arrested ten military officers and ten others in connection with an alleged coup plot. The Turkish government linked the arrested men with Ergenekon , a Turkish secular nationalist group that is accused...
AB, et al. v. Ministry of Defense, UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, June 5, 2009 [holding that British military veterans involved in nuclear tests have the right to sue the Ministry of Defence for injuries resulting from...
Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, June 4, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Sotomayor Questionnaire...
The US House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on Thursday heard testimony on the state secrets privilege in advance of consideration of the State Secret Protection Act...