UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Monday called for the government of Myanmar to unconditionally release pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC...

The last of fourteen defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings trial who announced participation in a hunger strike ended their efforts Monday, citing a desire not to put additional stress on the court....

Mikaeli Muhimana v. The Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 21, 2007 . Read the full...

Los Angeles County v. Rettele, US Supreme Court, May 21, 2007 [holding that police did not act unreasonably when, executing a valid search warrant on a home, they ordered innocent residents of a different race than the suspects the police...

Winkelman v. Parma City School District, US Supreme Court, May 21, 2007 [holding that parents of special needs children - in this case a child with autism - have an independent and enforceable right under the Individuals with Disabilities in...

Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, US Supreme Court, May 21, 2007 . Read the Court's...

Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Poland, UN Committee against Torture, May 21, 2007 . Read the full text of the...

Villas at Parkside Partners d/b/a Villas at Parkside, et al. v. The City of Farmers Branch, May 21, 2007 [temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of an anti-illegal immigration city ordinance that was slated to take effect in Farmers Branch,...

A former Bosnian Serb official who testified against against Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic died in prison in Sweden Saturday. Officials with the Swedish Prison and Probation Service told Reuters that 52 year old...

Conclusions and Recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Japan, UN Committee against Torture, May 21, 2007 [finding that Japan's justice system lacks sufficient safeguards from political interference, is lacking sufficient due process, and criticizing Japan's use of a statute of...