Iraqi law makers Monday reached an agreement to temporarily divide control of Kirkuk among the city's ethnic groups, as part of a compromise bill providing for provincial elections in the city. Control of Kirkuk has been major...

A judge for the Supreme Court of the Philippines Monday enjoined government agents from signing a peace agreement with rebels from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) , which would have granted...

JURIST] Serbian President Boris Tadic  said on Sunday that the country will fully cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to find and arrest Ratko Mladic and...

US Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced a bill designed to establish a procedure for all habeas corpus petitions made by Guantanamo detainees. The Enemy Combatant Detention...

JURIST and University of Pittsburgh School of Law Dean Mary Crossley invite JURIST readers in New York City to join us Friday, August 8 at 5 PM at The Paley Center (formerly the Museum of Television and Radio], 25...

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher Sunday called on the government of Sri Lanka to provide better human rights protections ...

The US-led Multi-National Force-Iraq announced Saturday that it has charged two US soldiers with premeditated murder, assault, making a false official statement and obstruction of justice in connection with the death of an Iraqi detainee....

Provisional vote results for a Latvian referendum held Saturday on a proposed amendment to the country's constitution that would have given voters the power to dissolve the country's parliament, the Saeima ,...

A judge in an Egyptian court Saturday convicted a prominent human rights activist and outspoken critic of President Hosni Mubarak in absentia of defaming Egypt and sentenced him to two years in prison. Saad Eddin Ibrahim , a dual...

The US military said Saturday that it has released over 10,000 Iraqi detainees this past year. Gen. David H. Petraeus was quoted by AP as saying the releases are part of a program to...