Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin said Friday in response to suggestions that the Canadian Parliament should be given a more active role in the high court appointment process that it should remain the same. McLachlin...
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Canada CJ speaks out against changing high court appointment process
UN delegates close to completing disability rights treaty
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Russian court convicts head of US-supported NGO for inciting hatred
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IAEA reporting Iran to Security Council
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UK considers limiting law on war crimes arrests
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Judge rules CIA contractor charged with detainee abuse can plead ‘following orders’
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Federal appeals court releases parts of secret CIA leak opinion
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Intelligence Committee chair supports warrantless surveillance
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Congo v. Rwanda human rights case dismissal [ICJ]
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Muslim cartoons controversy address [Danish PM]
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United Nations delegates working to draft the first-ever treaty to protect the rights of disabled individuals worldwide have nearly completed their task and resolved many issues of concern after a three-week drafting session [UN...
A Russian court has convicted Stanislav M. Dmitriyevsky , director of the US-supported Russian-Chechen Friendship Society , of inciting religious and ethnic hatred by publishing editorial commentaries by two Chechen separatist leaders in 2004. The...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors voted Saturday to report Iran to the UN Security Council , supporting a resolution offered by Britain, France, and...
The British government has said it may restrict a univeral jurisdiction law authorizing citizens to seek international warrants for the arrest of any individual accused of war crimes who enters the country. The Guardian newspaper reported Friday that...
US District Judge Terrence Boyle from the US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has ruled that David Passaro , the first US civilian charged with prisoner abuse of a terror...
A formerly secret opinion released by the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals reveals that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney told prosecutors that the Vice President...
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) , the Republican chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee , Friday expressed his strong support for President Bush's controversial domestic surveillance program in a 19-page letter addressed...
Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda, International Court of Justice, February 3, 2006 . Excerpt:While the Court...
Address by Denmark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen to Muslim ambassadors. February 3, 2006 . Excerpt:We are faced with a problem, which can grow to a...
