An Egyptian court on Monday overturned the conviction of dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim on charges related to defaming Egypt. Ibrahim, founder of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies , has been a prominent human rights...
Delegates to Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have recommended that a war crimes court be established to try individuals accused of committing atrocities during the country's 1989-2003 civil war. Thirteen representatives from each of Liberia's 15...
The California Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that constitutional challenges to Proposition 8 , which amended the California Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage , lacked merit and that the amendment stands as...
The US Supreme Court issued three opinions on Tuesday. In Montejo v. Louisiana , the Court decided 5-4 to overturn its 1986 decision in Michigan v. Jackson , which found that...
US President Barack Obama on Monday announced Sonia Sotomayor as his nomination for the US Supreme Court . Sotomayor, currently a justice for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
In the Matter of HM v. ET, et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, May 26, 2009 [holding that a family court does not have jurisdiction over a child support claim against a same-sex partner with no...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Merck & Co. v. Reynolds , in which the Court will decide when the statute of limitations begins to run in a...
Request for extradition of the Republic of Rwanda of SA agents and public defender, Supreme Court of Sweden, May 26, 2009 ....
Federation of Pakistan v. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, et al., Supreme Court of Pakistan, May 26, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Strauss, et al. v. Horton, et al., Supreme Court of California, May 26, 2009 . Reported...