A former Serb military officer indicted for his role in the shelling of civilians in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war has surrendered and is being transported Friday to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, chief prosecutor Carla...

German police arrested three Iraqi men Friday for a suspected plot to assassinate Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi while he was visiting Germany. Chief Federal Prosecutor Kay Nehm said the three were under surveillance, and police noticed an...

US military panels reviewing the detention of 550 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay may use evidence obtained by torture in deciding whether the detainees are enemy combatants, the US government has said. Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle said...

Still wracked by an electoral crisis, the Ukrainian parliament Friday passed a resolution calling on outgoing President Leonid Kuchma to withdraw Ukraine's 1600-strong contingent of troops from Iraq. The resolution was supported by both pro-government and pro-opposition deputies. Under...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, December 3.The US House and Senate are in recess. The US House will reconvene on Monday, December 6 at 2 PM. The US...

United States v. Moussaoui, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, December 2, 2004 . Read the full...

Military judge Col. Stephen Henley Thursday denied a motion by lawyers representing Pfc. Lynndie England to suppress two written statements made by England describing the physical abuse and sexual degradation of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq....

US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema Thursday denied a US government motion to set a trial date in its case against Zacarias Moussaoui. Brinkema stated in her decision that her original order entered on November 5, 2003...

Graham v. DaimlerChrysler Corporation; Tipton-Wittingham v. Los Angeles, Supreme Court of California, Justice Carlos R. Moreno, December 2, 2004 [ruling that lawyers participating in cases that benefit the public, including those representing advocacy groups, should have their legal fees paid...

AP is reporting that United States ambassador to the UN John Danforth has resigned after barely five months service since his swearing-in on July 1, 2004 following predecessor John Negroponte's move to Baghdad as head of the new US...