The permanent judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday held an Extraordinary Plenary Session to elect the successor to Theodor Meron, whose term as president of the Tribunal expires...
A spokesman for Austria's Interior Ministry said Thursday that British historian David Irving has been arrested on a warrant accusing him of denying the Holocaust. Irving has argued in his books that the scale of...
An Article 32 hearing has commenced for US Army Second Lt. Erick J. Anderson, accused of murder for his role in the death of an Iraqi teenager who was suffering from severe wounds in the...
Leading Wednesday's environmental law news, the European Commission has agreed to amend the draft version of the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals Act (REACH) to limit some of the chemicals that would have to...
Lawyer Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie, who represents two of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants, has fled Iraq and is seeking asylum in Qatar following an attempt on his life. The news was revealed in a letter, obtained by Reuters Monday, written by...
A document released Monday by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library reveal that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito wrote in 1985 that he was proud...
At the close of a three-day meeting in Brussels Monday, the leaders of eight Bosnian political parties failed to reach an agreement on a new draft constitution for the country. Representatives of the three main nationalities in...
Leading Friday's environmental law news, representatives from countries surrounding the Barents Sea have held a meeting in Norway to discuss global warming and the Kyoto Protocol . The Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) consists of representatives from Russia,...
Kevin Martin , the new chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission , is preparing to release a number of backlogged indecency fines in the coming weeks after months of inaction as agency officials work to speed...
An Iraqi government spokesman said Thursday that the Iraqi Special Tribunal can appoint new defense lawyers in the cases of former dictator Saddam Hussein and his aides if the current lawyers fail to appear...