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A lawyer for a US citizen held as an enemy combatant argued Tuesday in front of a US appeals court that his client should not be held without charges. Jose Padilla , a Muslim convert,...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Argentine Supreme Court has struck down the nation's two amnesty laws preventing former military and government officials from being investigated and prosecuted for alleged crimes and human rights abuses during...

A former Argentine naval officer was convicted Tuesday of crimes against humanity by a Spanish court and sentenced to 640 years in prison. Adolfo Scilingo was found guilty of being aboard planes from which 30 people...

Adolfo Scilingo , the former Argentine naval officer on trial in Spain for committing genocide and crimes against humanity during Argentina's "Dirty War" , took the stand for the first time...

Former Argentine Navy captain Adolfo Scilingo appeared in a Spanish court Friday where he is on trial for committing genocide during Argentina's "Dirty War." In addition to genocide, Scilingo also faces 30 charges of murder, 93 of causing injury,...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, January 14.At the United Nations, the Security Council will meet at 10 AM ET for closed consultations on Iraq. The trial of Fatmir...

JURIST Contibuting Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the Bush administration's appointment of minority candidates to high-profile positions has made them the complicit and even enthisiastic instruments of political and legal policies as harmful as...