The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution Wednesday "welcoming the conclusion of hostilities" in Sri Lanka, but failing to call for an investigation into war crimes committed during the conflict. Adopted during the 11th...
The Knesset , Israel's parliament, on Wednesday approved 47-34 the preliminary reading of a bill that would punish public statements likely to "cause an act of hatred, scorn or disloyalty to the state" with one year in prison....
The Spanish Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will accept a challenge accusing Audiencia Nacional Judge Baltasar Garzon of knowingly giving an unjust verdict or resolution....
Former US solicitor general Ted Olson and prominent litigator David Boies announced Wednesday that they have filed suit challenging California's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage , Proposition 8...
Tunisian Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari announced Tuesday that the country is prepared to accept the return of 10 Tunisians currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Tekkari said ...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday lifted a ban preventing opposition politician and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif from participating in politics. The Supreme Court had barred Sharif from...
Delegates to Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have recommended that a war crimes court be established to try individuals accused of committing atrocities during the country's 1989-2003 civil war. Thirteen representatives from each of Liberia's 15...
The US Supreme Court issued three opinions on Tuesday. In Montejo v. Louisiana , the Court decided 5-4 to overturn its 1986 decision in Michigan v. Jackson , which found that...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in Merck & Co. v. Reynolds , in which the Court will decide when the statute of limitations begins to run in a...
Representatives of the New Zealand Law Society (NZLS) and the Law Council of Australia (LCA) said Monday that the Fijian government's plan to take over the issuance of legal licenses threatens to disrupt the rule of law...
