United States of America v. Robert Ray Burnett Goddard, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, August 11, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday upheld a state ban on smoking in public restaurants and bars in Bavaria. The Bavarian ban is the strictest in the nation, where public smoking is regulated on a state-by-state basis. Last month, the Constitutional Court ruled that several other state anti-smoking laws allowing bars to designate a separate [...]

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia last week denied a request made by six ethnic Uighur Guantanamo detainees to be transferred to less restrictive facilities within the base. The petitioners argued that their solitary confinement in a higher security section of the base caused them mental suffering, but the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Monday that computer and PO box use restrictions placed on those convicted of child pornography offenses are reasonable as long as they are reasonably connected to their conviction and are construed narrowly enough to allow legitimate computer and mail use. The issue came before [...]

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Tuesday issued a closing order to officially indict former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav , also known as Duch, on charges of crimes against humanity and violations of the Geneva Conventions. Duch is the first suspect to be charged since the tribunal was [...]

A Danish court on Monday began the trial of two men accused of planning a bomb attack on the country. The pair admitted to manufacturing an explosive compound, but have denied that they were planning an attack or that they intended to use it to make a bomb. A representative of the Danish Security and [...]

Paul Mulindwa : "The coming into force of this declaration supports the protection and promotion of human rights of indigenous peoples in the world. It is a landmark declaration that brought to an end nearly 25 years of debatable discussions over the rights of indigenous and minority peoples, to protect their lands and resources, and [...]

Attempts to bring war crimes suspect and former fugitive Radovan Karadzic to trial were long delayed by the US, France, and England, a former spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said in a interview published in Serbian newspaper Blic on Sunday. Florence Hartmann accused former US President Bill Clinton and [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia  on Monday refused to grant a temporary injunction allowing concealed firearms in non-secure areas of the Atlanta International Airport. Gun ownership advocacy group GeorgiaCarry.org (GCO) and state Representative Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) had sought to temporarily prevent the airport from enforcing a [...]

Russian legislators on Monday adopted a measure calling for the establishment of an international tribunal charged with investigating allegations of genocide in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia's Prosecutor General, Yury Chaika , responded to the request on Tuesday, asserting that no such body is required , since any grievances could be resolved in [...]