UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith Tuesday denied allegations published in The Independent that he advised Army officials to deny UK detainees in Iraq legal protections guaranteed under the Human Rights Act of 1998 (HRA)...

Lawyers for US Vice President Dick Cheney instructed the Secret Service to destroy data on who visited his official residence at the Naval Observatory, saying that the information was protected by the Presidential Records Act , according...

The US Department of Defense will not release audio recordings of the March 9 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay due to concerns that it could be used...

A convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal who escaped from prison presents a threat to the security and judges of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Meddzida Kreso,...

Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest court for civil cases, Wednesday rejected an appeal by Lina Joy, who sought to change her religious affiliation on her government registration card from Islam to Christianity. The high court's ruling upheld a lower...

Asian and European countries agreed Tuesday to set new international emissions standards by 2009, after a two-day conference in Hamburg, Germany that included representatives from over 40 nations. Supporters of the new deadline said it was necessary in light...

The Bangladeshi interim government arrested seven prominent citizens Tuesday in the latest chapter of its anti-corruption campaign . The military-backed regime detained four former government ministers, two mayors, and an ex-president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in four cases to be heard next term. In Hall Street v. Mattel (06-989) the court will resolve a circuit...

In Need of Redevelopment: Repairing New Jersey's Eminent Domain Laws, Abuses and Remedies, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, May 29, 2007 [finding that New Jersey's eminent domain laws provide "overbroad statutory authority" that allows the government to take...

Opinion No.2/2007 (Myanmar), UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, May 29, 2007 . Read...