Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos has said he will push for legislation limiting the country's universal jurisdiction policies to prevent the investigation of Israeli officials, according to Friday statements by Israeli foreign minister...
Serious law. Primary sources. Global perspective
Spain may legislate to limit universal jurisdiction: Israel foreign minister
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Arar decries alleged linkage to Khadr case
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Pakistan law minister insists ousted judges ‘reappointed’, not reinstated
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China puts foreign media screening under state information office
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Castro presses Guantanamo return to Cuba
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Rights group accuses Cameroon government of human rights abuses
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Cameroon human rights report [AI]
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Guantanamo proceedings delay request ruling [US Military Commissions]
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Illinois Senate removes Blagojevich from office
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European Commission launches actions for clean air law violations
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Former US detainee and Canadian citizen Maher Arar said Thursday that he was shocked and saddened to learn that US government officials had testified at the US military commission trial of fellow...
Pakistani Minister for Law and Justice Farooq Naek told reporters Friday that the superior court judges the government had returned to office after their November 2007 ouster under then-president Pervez Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule had been...
China's State Council on Friday ended the authority of the state-run Xinhua News Agency to screen foreign financial and other news entering the country. In a decree signed by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao , the...
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro on Thursday called on US President Barack Obama to turn over control of the Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba once the detention...
The Cameroon government has participated in and encouraged unlawful executions, torture, and other human rights violations of political dissenters, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released...
Cameroon: Impunity Underpins Persistent Abuse, Amnesty International, January 29, 2009 . Read the full text of the report . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
United States of America v. Abd al-Rahim Hussein Mohammed Abdu Al-Nashiri, US Military Commissions, January 29, 2009 . Read the full text...
The Illinois State Senate voted unanimously Thursday to convict Governor Rod Blagojevich of abuse of power and remove him from office. Blagojevich, who had been boycotting the impeachment proceedings , arrived...
The European Commission announced Thursday that it has initiated infringement proceedings against ten European Union (EU) member states for failing to comply with legislation aimed at reducing emissions of certain harmful airborne particulates...
