Brendlin v. California, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2007 . Read the Court's unanimous opinion per Justice Souter. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Israeli human rights group B'Tselem called Monday for Hamas leaders in Gaza to investigate and bring to trial anyone who may have committed war crimes , citing reported incidents of violence against children and civilians during last week's fighting between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip. In their plea, B'Tselem referred to the death [...]

Credit Suisse First Boston v. Billing, US Supreme Court, June 18, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Justice Breyer, along with a concurrence from Justice Stevens, and a dissent from Justice Thomas. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The US delegation to the Meetings of the Group of Governmental Experts for the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) said Monday that the United States will not support a ban on the use of cluster munitions , but is open to negotiations to reduce the humanitarian impact by requiring the increased reliability, accuracy and [...]

Thai Attorney General Phatchara Yutithamdamrong said Monday that he would seek a criminal trial against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife regarding a 2003 land purchase by Pojamarn Shinawatra from the government-directed Financial Institutions Development Fund . Yutithamdamrong also recommended the seizure of the land, valued at approximately $23.7 million USD. The [...]

Dutch interrogators accused of prisoner abuse in Iraq were cleared Monday with the release of two government ordered reports that found no torture but did say that interrogation methods may have breached international conventions. The reports found that at least one of the prisoners was "pressured" through the use of sleep deprivation, excessive noise, and [...]

The judge presiding over the trial of 26 US CIA agents and two former Italian intelligence officials in the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr suspended the trial Monday until October 24, agreeing with the defense that the trial should not proceed until the Constitutional Court of Italy rules on [...]

Two generals pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include torturing prisoners of war and destruction of their property during the Croatian War of Independence . Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi had originally been brought before the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , however their case was transferred to the court [...]

The Superior Court of Quebec has ruled that some 20,000 cattle breeders can proceed with their class action lawsuit against the federal government of Canada for its handling of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) , otherwise known as "mad cow" disease . The suit, which could eventually include over 100,000 farmers, alleges that the Canadian government [...]

A White House spokesperson Sunday disputed claims by retired US Army Major General Antonio Taguba that President Bush "had to be aware" of the prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib before the photos of US interrogators abusing prisoners surfaced in April 2004, insisting that Bush first learned about the abuse on television. In an interview with [...]