US District Judge Adalberto Jordan of the Southern District of Florida Tuesday ordered former Peruvian military official Maj. Telmo Ricardo Hurtado to pay $37 million in damages to two survivors of the 1985 Accomarca...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour told members of her staff Wednesday that she will not seek a second term when her four-year commission ends on June 30, confirming a Monday report ...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday called on the 47 member states of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to "create an environment of trust" and "spur greater accountability for action on...
Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the leaders of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) "remain in effect and have to be executed" despite requests from Uganda that they...
An Iraqi court has dropped all pending criminal charges against former Iraqi Deputy Health Minister Hakim al-Zamili and Brigadier General Hameed al-Shimmari "for lack of evidence," in part because many witness accounts were based on hearsay, Iraqi chief prosecutor...
Iraq's Presidency Council Wednesday rejected a draft provincial elections law that detailed the relationship between Iraq's central and local governments, sending the legislation back to the Iraqi Council of Representatives . The draft law was part...
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker 07-219, where the Court considered the punitive damages to be paid by Exxon Mobil...
The US Embassy in Minsk and European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner issued renewed calls Monday for Belarus to release all political prisoners currently in custody. US and EU officials...
A district court in Indonesia held hearings Monday to consider the second appeal of three men sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings . Earlier this month, the Supreme Court...
US President George W. Bush Monday reiterated his support for a surveillance bill that grants immunity for telecommunications companies from lawsuits related to their participation in the NSA warrantless surveillance program . During a...
