http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34536_20080616.pdf

Summarizes the recent Supreme Court Boumediene decision and analyzes several of its major implications for detention of alien enemy combatants and legislation that would try to limit detainees' access to judicial review. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34536_20080616.pdf

Summarizes the recent Supreme Court Boumediene decision and analyzes several of its major implications for detention of alien enemy combatants and legislation that would try to limit detainees' access to judicial review. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-055.pdf

Outlines the changing parameters of state sovereignty since 1945, traces the development of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine from its genesis in international law, examines the political and legal status of the concept, and highlights the key challenges in its implementation. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/55.

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-1195

5-4 Supreme Court decision that detainees at Guantanamo Bay have the habeas corpus right to seek their release in civilian federal courts, rather than the military commissions created by recent congressional action. The court majority rejected the argument that habeas rights did not apply at Guantanamo because the U.S. does not claim sovereignty over the base. From Findlaw.com

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

Latest annual report covering 170 countries of the world and their efforts to prevent and prosecute those who traffick in human beings. Covers forced and bonded labor, sex worker trafficking, child labor, and involuntary domestic servitude. From the State Department.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32724.pdf

Discusses current issues in Mexican-U.S. relations, including drug trafficking, migration, border security, human rights and foreign trade. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/afdr/2008/

Reports on U.S. efforts to promote democracy and human rights in nondemocratic countries and countries undergoing democratic transitions as mandated by the Advancing Democratic Values Act of 2007. From the State Department

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-1321

6-3 Supreme Court decision that federal workers are protected from employer retaliation under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The case involved a Postal Service worker who claimed she was subjected to various forms of retaliation after filing an age discrimination complaint. From Findlaw.com

http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/06-1431

7-2 Supreme Court decision that federal laws that protect workers against discrimination also protect them against employer retaliation if they file complaints of race or age discrimination. The decision applied to workers in the private sector. The case involved a black assistant restaurant manager who claimed he was fired after complaining about discriminatory remarks by a supervisor. From Findlaw.com

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34446_20080411.pdf

Reviews the Court of Appeals decision that ruled unconstitutional the ban on individual ownership of handguns by the District of Columbia. The case was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in March and a decision is expected by June 2008. Also provides an overview of prior judicial interpretation of the Second Amendment. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/torture/34922res20080416.html

A collection of documents obtained from the Department of Defense via the Freedom of Information Act which describes mistreatment of prisoners and unlawful interrogation methods used in Afghanistan. From the American Civil Liberties Union.