The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has ordered the prosecution of Florence Hartmann , former spokeswoman for ICTY chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte , on two counts of contempt for allegedly...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday announced that two Guantanamo detainees have been transferred to Algeria. The DOD hailed the move as proof of the effectiveness of its review processes,...
Prosecutors in Thailand have asked the nation's Supreme Court to seize over $2 billion from the frozen accounts and holdings of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra [BBC profile; JURIST...
Former Pakistani prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) head Nawaz Sharif on Monday followed through with threats to withdraw his party from the coalition government. Sharif had set Friday...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced on Wednesday that his office is reviewing allegations that war crimes have been committed during the recent conflict over Georgia's breakaway region...
London's High Court on Thursday ruled that the UK Foreign Office must turn over evidence "essential" to the defense of Binyam Mohamed , the last British resident still detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment to a Tennessee public high school in a lawsuit brought by three students who claimed the...
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) announced on Wednesday that Iraq has signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) . Only a few of the world's major nations are...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced on Friday that its researchers have proof that Russian forces have dropped cluster bombs on Georgian civilians during the recent conflict over the breakaway region of South Ossetia ....
The Supreme Court of Thailand ruled on Friday that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn Shinawatra will be tried in absentia on corruption charges ....
