A Egyptian court on Wednesday set the trial date for the ousted president Mohamed Morsi for November 4. Along with Morsi, 14 other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood , including Essam el-Erian and Mohammed el-Beltagy, will be tried on the same day. The defendants were charged in September with “incitement to murder” stemming from violent [...]

A Turkish appeals court on Wednesday upheld the convictions of several former military officers for plotting to overthrow the regime of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2003. The court upheld 20-year prison sentences for former commanders Cetin Dogan and Ozden Ornek. Supporters of the military officers argued that the trials were politically motivated and [...]

US President Barack Obama’s administration on Tuesday upheld a decision by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban some Samsung products on the grounds that the products infringed on designs patented by Apple . US Trade Representative Michael Froman declared that the import ban would protect intellectual property rights and would have only a [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a preliminary injunction against a portion of Arizona’s controversial immigration law . The provision in question makes it illegal to transport, shield or harbor an undocumented immigrant within Arizona borders, creating a separate crime for someone who is violating any other law while [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the Detainee Treatment Act prevents the court from having jurisdiction over a former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s lawsuit for damages. Adel Hassan Hamad , a Sudanese national, was captured in 2002 and transferred to Guantanamo prior to an agreement an agreement to transfer him [...]

California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Monday that would have permitted lawful permanent immigrants to serve on juries. The bill’s supporters compared disqualifying permanent residents to outdated laws that preventing women and minorities from serving on juries, while the opposition felt the measure could prevent a defendants from having cases decided by a [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Roland Adjovi, Academic Director of the Arcadia Center for East African Studies says that while the Kenyan vote to withdraw from the ICC masks the greater danger of polarization in Africa opposing much needed applications of international law …

EU lawmakers on Tuesday approved sweeping new regulations to curb smoking, including limits on electronic cigarettes, bigger warnings on cigarette packs and a ban on menthol, or any flavored cigarettes which could be considered “gimmicks.” An EU press release outlined the changes, which include graphic warnings that cover 65 percent of the packaging. Current warnings [...]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a campaign finance case. In McCutcheon v. FEC the court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) limit on individual campaign contributions. The court previously held in Buckley v. Valeo that limits on contributions implicate First Amendment interests but that limits [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) reported its busiest year on record to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. In the report, the ICC called for greater support from the UN Security Council. The ICC report talked about the futility of its decisions without the power to enforce them and discussed the courts’ heavy workload and [...]