Lopez v. Gonzales, United States Supreme Court, December 5, 2006 [ruling that immigrants convicted of conduct that is a felony under state law but is only a misdemeanor under the Controlled Substance Act are not subject to deportation under the...

Draft report, National Institute of Standards and Technology, December 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the report . Reported...

Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution S-2/1, United Nations Human Rights Council, December 2, 2006 [report recommending that Israel be made to compensate Lebanon for damages the Israeli military inflicted during its...

Aswat v. United States, UK High Court of Justice, November 30, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's...

Prisoners in 2005, US Department of Justice, November 30, 2006 . Read the...

Mayfield v. United States, US District Court for the District of Oregon, November 29, 2006 [agreement in which the US government agreed to pay $2 million to Brandon Mayfield, an Oregon attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May...

Draft report on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, European Parliament, November 28, 2006 [claiming that many European countries were aware that the US CIA operated secret prisons or...

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Virginia Court of Appeals, November 28, 2006 [ruling that Virginia state courts have a constitutional obligation to defer to the rulings of Vermont courts in a child custody dispute involving two lesbian parteners who had entered into...

American Council of the Blind v. Paulson, US District Court for the District of Columbia, November 28, 2006 [ruling the "the Treasury Department's failure to design and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired individuals...

Report of the Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN oil-for-food program, Australian Government Attorney, November 27, 2006 [Cole Commission report recommending that criminal charges be brought against 12 business executives for paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's...