The Permanent Court of Arbitration has published a decision that Philip Morris must pay substantial legal fees to the Australian government for a failed suit the tobacco company brought concerning cigarette packaging laws. In 2011 Australia,...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Hawaii on Thursday denied the state's attempt to exempt grandparents from President Donald Trump's travel ban. The state asked Judge Derrick Watson to...
William Morva was executed by lethal injection Thursday after supporters failed to convince Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to grant him clemency because of a mental illness. Morva, a US Hungarian national, was convicted and sentenced to death for...
The EU and Japan formally agreed upon an outline on Thursday for a free-trade deal between two of the world's largest economic powers. Although the deal still requires further negotiations, it is expected that 99 percent of trade...
The New Zealand Parliament on Thursday formally apologized to the hundreds of men who were criminally convicted under antiquated anti-homosexuality laws. The country's House of Representatives stated that it apologizes "to those homosexual New Zealanders who...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled Thursday that South Africa violated its obligation by failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir when he visited the country in 2015. Two arrest warrants [text, PDF; second...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Montana issued an injunction on Wednesday to stop the construction of a $59 million dam that threatened the habitat of an ancient fish species in...
Poland's special prosecutors have requested the US extradite a Minnesota man accused of Nazi war crimes. Michael Karkoc, 98, is a former commander of an SS-led Nazi unit responsible for burning Polish villages and killing civilians during World...
Armed groups have been committing war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) detailing violence in three central provinces between November 2014 and April...
Two UN human rights experts have urged Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to halt the planned execution of a man with psychological disabilities. William Morva, a US Hungarian national, was convicted and sentenced to death for the...
