2003

U.S. Law

• Right to Know Movement Calls for New U.S. Law
  
  
• "Patriot II" Draft Law Proposes Changes to Freedom of Information, DNA Database Rules
  
  
• Report Criticizes Justice Department Detentions of Immigrants
  
  
• U.S. Newspapers and Rights Groups Challenge Secret Hearings, Await Supreme Court Decision
  
  

The United States and International Law

• A U.S.-Led War On Iraq: Legal Issues
  
  

The United States and International Law

• Is Capital Punishment in the United States Illegal Under International Law?
  
  
• United States Foreign Policy and the Role of the International Criminal Court
  

Foreign and International Law

Africa

• Zimbabwe Government and Farmers Locked in Land Reform Dispute
  

Asia

• Indonesian Ad Hoc Court Tries East Timor Abuse Suspects
  
  
• UN and Cambodia Agree on Court to Try Khmer Rouge
  

Europe

• European Human Rights Court Will Hear Chechen Cases
  
  
• Spain Bans Basque Political Party, Closes Newspaper
  
  

Latin America

• Peru Truth Commission Says 69,000 Killed or Disappeared
  
  
• Spain Extradites Argentine from Mexico under Universal Jurisdiction
  
  

Middle East

• International Law and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
  
  

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• 2002, 2001, 2000