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Both the UN and Cambodia have submitted "short lists" of possible judges for the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal that will be probing crimes against humanity by the Cambodian communist regime...

Results of a new study released by the Dublin Roman Catholic archdiocese in Ireland show that while 102 Dublin priests are suspected of abusing children since 1940 and 32 of them are facing lawsuits, only eight...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Tuesday that US treatment of detainees is consistent with the Geneva Conventions , but questioned the relevance of some Geneva provisions in the context of "this new kind of war,...

Two of six men convicted in October 2004 for committing sex offenses on the small Pacific island of Pitcairn appeared in court Tuesday to appeal their sentences at the Pitcairn Court of Appeal in Auckland,...

In the first ruling of its kind, the British High Court on Friday ruled that two British citizens accused of illegal file-sharing must pay damages for violating UK copyright laws. The suit brought by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)...

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov has appealed to the Kyrgyzstan Parliament to grant him control of parts of the Interior Ministry that govern the nation's police agencies. Kulov alleges that a recent crime wave, including the...

Russia's official newspaper, Rossiskaya Gazeta reported Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting tighter state control over non-governmental organizations, including those foreign-based, though there has been no official announcement from the...

JURIST Guest Columnist Bryan Horrigan of Macquarie University Faculty of Law in Sydney, Australia, says that the upcoming confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito are a trial not just of the nominee, but of the uniquely-American system of public judicial...

The British government Tuesday filed an anticipated appeal challenging a recent High Court decision that Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks is entitled to British citizenship. Hick's lawyers want citizenship for...

The British government has announced that it will appeal a High Court ruling earlier this week that found Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks eligible for British citizenship. Hicks, whose mother is British...