Officials in North Korea announced Thursday that the country would revise its constitution . The announcement came during a meeting of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) attended by the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il. According...
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France parliament defeats controversial internet piracy legislation
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Fiji appeals court declares post-coup military government illegal
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UK explores granting prisoners voting rights based on sentence length
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Europe rights court holds Russia liable for for Chechen abductions
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Lebanon judge begins transfer of Hariri case to new UN tribunal
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South Africa congressional leader Zuma calls for review of high court’s authority
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Federal judge denies motion to dismiss apartheid lawsuits against US companies
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UN, Cambodia officials fail to agree on genocide tribunal corruption monitoring
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Eleventh Circuit upholds Noriega extradition to France
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The French National Assembly on Thursday defeated a controversial internet piracy bill that would have cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill, which won...
The Court of Appeal of Fiji ruled Thursday that the country's appointment of a military government following a 2006 coup was unconstitutional and must be replaced immediately by an interim prime minister until democratic elections can be...
The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on Wednesday began the second stage of a consultation on giving certain prisoners the right to vote based on the length of their prison terms, seeking public...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday issued rulings in four cases ordering Russia to pay a total of 282,000 to compensate six families who claimed government agents abducted their Chechen relatives between...
A Lebanese judge on Wednesday ordered the transfer of documents related to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to a UN tribunal created to investigate and try suspects in the killing. Judge Sakr...
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma on Wednesday called on the Judicial Service Commission to conduct a review of the country's Constitutional Court , saying...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on Wednesday denied in part a motion to dismiss lawsuits against some companies accused of assisting South Africa's apartheid-era [JURIST...
UN and Cambodian officials failed to reach an agreement Wednesday on a system for monitoring corruption issues in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) . UN assistant secretary-general for legal affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen presented a...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld Wednesday a lower court decision denying the habeas corpus petition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega and authorizing his...
