A commission established to investigate the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed December 2007 presidential election released a report on Wednesday recommending the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspected perpetrators....
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Kenya election violence commission urges creation of international tribunal
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Bush signs inspector general reform bill but seeks to limit powers
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Italy court suspends CIA rendition case to consider state secrets testimony
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Effort to relocate Guantanamo Uighurs stalling: NYT
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Draft Iraq status of forces pact authorizes Iraqi trials of US troops for crimes off base
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Chile Supreme Court sentences Pinochet-era officers for ‘Caravan of Death’ killings
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Supreme Court hears jury instruction cases
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Sixth Circuit orders Ohio to take measures against vote fraud
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Saudi execution rate connected to flawed justice system: Amnesty International
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Ohio voter registration fraud ruling [6th Circuit]
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US President George W. Bush on Tuesday signed a bill designed to further insulate federal inspectors general (IGs) from political interference. The Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 is the latest in a series of...
A judge on the Constitutional Court of Italy on Wednesday suspended the trial of 26 Americans and five former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of...
An urgent effort by the Bush administration to transfer 17 Guantanamo detainees outside the US has stalled as a result of a bitter interagency dispute, according to a New York Times report on Wednesday. Last week, US District Judge...
US and Iraqi negotiators Wednesday agreed on a draft for a Status of Forces Agreement that gives Iraqi courts limited jurisdiction over American military personnel. According to Iraqi officials quoted by AP Wednesday, the draft agreement requires...
Chile's Supreme Court Wednesday sentenced five former Chilean military officers for their role in the killing of five leftist political opponents as part of the so-called "Caravan of Death" in October 1973. General...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases, including Waddington v. Sarausad , 07-772, in which the Court will consider whether a ruling ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court order requiring Ohio's secretary of state to establish a system that allows county elections boards to confirm newly registered voters'...
A report issued Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) links the large number of executions in Saudi Arabia to flaws in the Saudi judicial system. The report, titled Affront to Justice:...
Ohio Republican Party; Larry Wolpert, v. Jennifer Brunner, Secretary of State of Ohio, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, October 14, 2008 [upholding a district court order requiring Ohio's secretary of state to establish a system that allows...
