Wire services are reporting that initial results of an autopsy cited by an ICTY official at The Hague ahead of the public release of the findings indicate that Slobodan Milosevic died of "classical heart failure". Milosevic had a long history of heart trouble and his health had forced multiple delays of his trial. The autopsy [...]

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) said Sunday on ABC's This Week that he plans to introduce a censure resolution in the US Senate Monday condemning President Bush for approving the National Security Agency warrantless wiretapping program and then misinforming the public about the program's existence and legality. Feingold has argued that the program is in direct [...]

A new investigatory report by the Associated Press shows an increasing trend among state legislatures to restrict access to information that was public before the 9/11 attacks. Security concerns were found to be the main driving force for state action, but concerns about identity theft, medical privacy and computer vulnerability to attack also drove legislatures. [...]

A senior US State Department official has indicated that US officials are talking with their British counterparts about how to eventually close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay . US State Deputy Assistant Secretary Colleen Graffy told the BBC Sunday that "continuous discussion" was going on and that “hopefully, over the years, we will find [...]

Hague war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte Sunday defended the over four year long trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , saying that although his sudden death in jail Saturday "deprives the victims of the justice they need and deserve" and it was "a great pity … that [...]

The Saddam Hussein trial resumed in Baghdad Sunday without any disruptions as three co-defendants took the stand to testify about the killings of 142 Shiites in the Iraqi town of Dujail after a failed 1982 attempt on Hussein's life. It was the first session of the proceeding since March 1, when Saddam denied he had [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK), says the current proposal for a new UN Human Rights Council may not be perfect, but it is far better than either the current UN Human Rights Commission or the more exclusionary type of Human [...]

US v. I. Lewis Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Reggie B. Walton, March 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the memorandum opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte marked the sudden death of Slobodan Milosevic Saturday by reiterating her call for the remaining fugitives from the Hague war crimes tribunal to be brought to justice and tried. She said in a statement:The death of Slobodan Milosevic, a few weeks before the completion of his trial, will prevent [...]

US lawmakers have indicated that they intend to press ahead with a vote next week on legislation to block the transfer of operations at 6 US ports to United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World. The controversial deal is widely considered to be dead after DPW announced Thursday that it would transfer its operating rights, newly [...]