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Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, March 1.The US Supreme Court will hear arguments in two cases today. At 10 AM ET, the Court will hear arguments...

Ten years after the world's nations pledged to achieve equality for women in the Beijing Declaration , the progress meeting organized by the UN Commission on the Status of Women started Monday with controversy over American insistence...

In an unexpected move Saturday, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered a change in the country's election laws to allow multiple candidates to run in presidential elections. The change would allow for the first multi-candidate election in Egypt...

In Friday's international brief, the African Union announced the suspension of Togo's membership in the continental organization following a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council . The AU also called for wider sanctions against...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) , a global organization for non-Catholic Christians, accused the United States on Monday of violating international law in its treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The detainees "are held without due process and...

In Thursday's international law brief, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour presented the findings of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Conflict in Darfur to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, stating...

Amnesty International has issued a Valentine's Day warning that "conflict diamonds," gems whose sale finances war, terrorism, and human rights abuses, are still being imported into the US due to loopholes in Customs procedures. The 2003...

In Friday's environmental law news, the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that local health boards cannot ban smoking in bars and restaurants. The Court, in Entertainment Industry Coalition v. Tacoma-Pierce Co. Bd. of Health , held that...

In Friday's international brief, Nigerian President and current African Union Chairman Olusegun Obasanjo expressed outrage Friday after a plane carrying a Nigerian advance party was diverted from the Togo capital city of Lome and denied permission to...

Lawyers representing UK terror suspects detained by authorities in Broadmoor high security hospital and Belmarsh prison have filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that Britain's derogation from the European Convention on Human...