The European Court of First Instance on Thursday struck down a decision by the Council of the European Union freezing the assets of the prominent Iranian opposition group Peoples Mojahedin Organization...
The US Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it has filed new war crimes charges against two Kuwaiti men held at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay . Fouad Rabia, a US-educated aeronautical engineer...
The European Commission has launched a series of legal actions in the European Court of Justice against EU member states for failures to abide by EU laws, according to press statements ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday requested more information on an arrest warrant application for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , who faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and...
A commission established to investigate the political and ethnic violence that followed Kenya's disputed December 2007 presidential election released a report on Wednesday recommending the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspected perpetrators....
An urgent effort by the Bush administration to transfer 17 Guantanamo detainees outside the US has stalled as a result of a bitter interagency dispute, according to a New York Times report on Wednesday. Last week, US District Judge...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday called on the Ethiopian government to release rendition victims in custody or prosecute them in an open court that meets basic fair trial standards. The renditions were...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) last Friday ended the segregation of five defendants currently in pretrial detention. The decision, released to the public on Wednesday, was a response...
The High Court of Uganda will not try soldiers from the Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) if they are accused of human rights abuses, according to Wednesday statements by Justice Dan Akiiki-Kiiza , the head of...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld as constitutional an Arizona law which revokes the business licenses of employers who hire illegal immigrants. Pro-immigration, business, and civil rights groups such...
