In Monday's international brief, Spain has began an amnesty program that will allow a large portion of its illegal immigrant population to apply for legal resident status. The new legislation, promulgated by the ruling Socialist party, requires...

In the wake of last week's government takeover by Nepalese King Gyanendra and his subsequent controversial decrees, including a ban on "directly or indirectly" criticizing security forces and a statement that the government...

Cuba , a country famous for its tobacco products, now has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws. New legislation that went into force across the country Monday will prohibit smoking in work environments, ban the sale...

More than 200 foreign nationals currently being detained in US immigration facilities could be released under a recent Supreme Court ruling according to figures released Monday by Cheryl Little , executive director of the Florida...

Lawyers representing UK terror suspects detained by authorities in Broadmoor high security hospital and Belmarsh prison have filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that Britain's derogation from the European Convention on Human...

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Monday that Israel's State Prosecution Office will later this week recommend to the country's High Court that it ignore the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security fence issued...

The son of late President Gnassingbe Eyadema was sworn in as the new president of the African state of Togo Monday after the country's parliament altered its constitution to permit his...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Feb. 7.The US Senate convenes today at 2 PM ET, with a live webcast available via C-SPAN. The Homeland Security and...

More than 300 inmates were released Sunday from the US-run Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. About 800 prisoners have now been released since the start of the year, and almost 4000 since August, when...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday that the city will appeal Friday's state court ruling that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates the state constitution. Bloomberg had previously made...