Jennifer Gratz et al. v. Lee Bollinger et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, January 31, 2007 [order approving settlement of a suit challenging the former affirmative action policies of the University of Michigan, decertifying the...

The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga, decision on the confirmation of charges, transcript of oral ruling by the Pre-Trial Chamber, International Criminal Court, January 29, 2007. Read the full text of the hearing transcript and ruling . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Bowers v. City of Philadelphia, US District Judge R. Barclay Surrick, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, January 25, 2007 . Read the full...

The Committee to Protect Journalists , an international press freedom group, lashed out Friday at new media rules imposed in Bangladesh Thursday in the wake of the government's declaration of a state of emergency earlier this...

Officials at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia said Friday that after two weeks of renewed discussion of the procedural rules to govern the trials of Khmer Rouge suspects accused of involvement in the "killing...

A Jordanian appeals court has upheld a military court's death sentence for a would-be Iraqi suicide bomber who attempted to detonate a suicide bomb as part of a series of 2005 deadly hotel bombings in Amman. Sajida...

A federal judge in Nebraska ruled Friday that the state cannot enforce a 25-year old ban on corporate farming while it appeals a US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal decision ruling the ban unconstitutional. As anticipated , Nebraska...

Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor, Joint Decision on Defense Motions for Adequate Facilities and Adequate Time for the Preparation of Mr. Taylor's Defense, Special Court for Sierra Leone, January 23, 2007 [delaying the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor until...

Report on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners, European Parliament Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston South Carolina has agreed to set aside $12 million to compensate victims and relatives of victims of clergy sex abuse going back before 1980, according...