The UN General Assembly passed a resolution Monday to consolidate four agencies to create one large, overarching department that will be responsible for women's rights development. The UN Development Fund for Women, the Division...
Ninety members of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . Signed by former president Bill Clinton [official...
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner proposed a new bill Friday that would erase libel and slander as crimes, part of a broader plan to change the way Argentina's telecommunications businesses are run....
Former Bosnian Serb leader Momcilo Krajisnik has been transferred to the UK to serve his 20-year prison sentence , the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday. Krajisnik...
The Buenos Aires Appeals Court in Argentina overturned the dismissal of murder charges against former president Fernando de la Rua on Tuesday. The charges were dismissed in April by Judge Claudio Bonadio after he said that the...
A UK jury found three men guilty of conspiracy to murder after plotting to blow up transatlantic flights using liquid explosives . The three men, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvid Hussain,...
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen announced Monday that while he hoped no further potential war criminals would be tried in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia , he would continue to support the...
Members of the Niger opposition party said Saturday that police had detained 30 former opposition lawmakers, allegedly at the behest of Niger President Mamadou Tandja . The 30 former member of parliament were arrested on charges of embezzlement...
Pakistan's rule of law is stymied by long traditions of lawlessness and dictatorship, says the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute in a new report . The report, published Thursday, stems from observations and...
The Taipei District Court sentenced former Taiwanese first lady Wu Shu-Chen to one year in prison for obstructing justice in a corruption case against her. Wu Shu-Chen, wife of embattled former president Chen Shui-bian [JURIST...
