The High Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that the Australian Military Court (AMC) is unconstitutional. The High Court held that the AMC employed the judicial power of the Commonwealth while AMC...
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The Michigan Supreme Court has permitted lower courts to use "reasonable control" over the appearance of those who arrive in court, effectively allowing judges to ban certain religious clothing. In an order issued Tuesday, the...
Spanish National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon said during a visit to Honduras Tuesday that he is gravely concerned by the human rights situation in the country. Garzon, famed for indicting Osama bin Laden and former Latin American...
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Italy was negligent in completing an accurate investigation of the death of a protester at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa . The...
The Argentine Supreme Court unanimously held Tuesday that possession of small amounts of marijuana for private, personal consumption that does not endanger or harm third parties is...
Iran on Tuesday began the trials of more reformers accused of attempting to overthrow the government in a "velvet revolution" following the disputed June 12 presidential election . This trial is the fourth of its...
The British Department for Business Innovation and Skills on Tuesday proposed stricter sanctions against illegal file-sharing that would include restricting and suspending user Internet access. The proposed regulations would be managed by the Office of...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled against a Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) challenge to former President George W. Bush's Executive Order 13224 , which prohibits unlicensed US groups...
A US military judge ruled Monday that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be allowed to tour secret CIA prisons, known as "black sites" where al-Shibh was detained,...
Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday filed arguments against releasing former Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR) rebel leader Jean Pierre Bemba [ICC materials; JURIST news...
