Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga has condemned as illegal the latest "shoot to kill" order given to Kenyan police in response to continued violence across the country after last month's disputed presidential election , according to Wednesday media reports. Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in the country to help mediate the conflict between supporters of [...]
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Israeli government can continue to cut supplies of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip , rejecting legal challenges by human rights groups that the blockade deprived Gaza residents of basic humanitarian needs in violation of international law. Israeli officials say that withholding fuel and energy supplies [...]
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday refused to provide the Senate Judiciary Committee an opinion on whether waterboarding constitutes an illegal form of torture. Wednesday's hearing is Mukasey's first appearance before the Judiciary Committee since being sworn in as attorney general in November. On Tuesday, Mukasey sent a letter to the committee confirming that [...]
Open letter from ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, January 30, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords unanimously ruled Wednesday that a sexual assault victim could sue a convicted attacker who later won £7 million in the National Lottery even though the six-year limitation for bringing compensation claims had expired. The Lords held that the victim could bring the claim against Iorworth Hoare [...]
Bernard Nicholas : "Cette audience devant la C.I.J de La Haye est en effet un épisode important de cette affaire. La République de Djibouti appuie sa demande sur un accord de coopération judiciaire passé avec la France, dès 1977 année de l'indépendance de Djibouti(ancienne colonie française). Selon Djibouti, la France doit transmettre le dossier judiciaire [...]
Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry labeled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf an "extremist" on Wednesday, chiding Musharraf for deposing 60 judges, slandering judges, and keeping Chaudhry under house arrest . The government of Pakistan has kept Chaudhry and several other judges and lawyers under preventative detention since Musharraf declared emergency rule on November 3. [...]
The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California has recommended that former Milberg Weiss partner William Lerach receive two years in prison for his part in the firm's illegal kickback scheme. Lerach pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to obstruct justice after reaching an agreement with prosecutors in September. In court documents filed [...]
Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea on Wednesday filed a motion with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) requesting the removal of Cambodian military court chief Ney Thol from Nuon Chea's scheduled February 4 pre-trial hearing and all future proceedings relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against [...]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday issued a report pushing for the enforcement of sanctions against more than 12 countries who continue to use child soldiers in armed combat. According to the report, child soldiers continue to be used in African and Asian countries, including in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sudan and Sri [...]
