A team of investigators from the UN Human Rights Council arrived in Gaza Monday to begin examining alleged violations of international human rights law during December and January's fighting between Israel and Hamas. The team is headed...

Former Enron executive Kevin Howard pleaded guilty Monday to falsifying books and records in relation to Enron's broadband service. The plea resulted from accusations that Howard indirectly caused the...

A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia...

The decision to not release photographs allegedly depicting detainee abuse followed warnings from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that releasing the photos would cause more violence and could delay the withdrawal...

National Rifle Association of America, Inc. et al. v. City of Chicago, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, June 2, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. NRA v...

Bill C-35, Canadian Ministry of Public Safety, June 2, 2009 . Read the full text of the proposed legislation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Manifesto sobre la reforma legislativa que introducira limitaciones el ejercicio de la justicia universal, more than 100 human rights groups, June 2, 2009 [calling for the Spanish government to continue prosecuting those who violate international law under the principle of...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said that appropriate steps would be taken to help prevent acts of violence related to the Sunday shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller . Holder has enlisted the US Marshal...

A California court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law that prohibits discrimination based on gender orientation or identity in public schools. Judge Shelleyanne Chang of the Sacramento County Superior Court said that...

The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev . The court dismissed all...