The chief prosecutor of the Central African Republic (CAR) , announced on Friday that the country had issued an arrest warrant for former president Francois Bozize . The charges include crimes...
The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday rejected a challenge by the Libyan government to the court's jurisdiction over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of Libya's...
The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered Friday that Zivko Budimir , president of the Bosniak-Croat Federation, be released from jail immediately. Budmir was arrested in April along with...
A group of UN independent experts on Friday urged South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to prevent caste-based discrimination . In South Asia, those members of society who are of low caste are referred to as "Dalits"...
Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein confirmed Wednesday that security personnel can ask visitors to the country to open their e-mail accounts if they are perceived as suspicious. The attorney general's approval comes in response to an...
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday criticized for limiting freedom of speech since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency. HRW's report calls the restrictive laws "unprecedented" in Russia's post-Soviet history. Amnesty...
The German Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that an anti-terrorism database does not violate any rights guaranteed by the country's constitution. The court, however, requested the that government perform security enhancements...
The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered Judge Jasmine Barrios to annul the case of former Guatemalan dictator General Efrain Rios Montt over the genocide of Mayan Indians . The Constitutional...
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi swore Monday to preserve the independence of the judicial system despite protests by Islamist groups to remove thousands of judges. Morsi issued a statement after emergency talks on...
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) ruled Monday that Apple did not infringe a Motorola patent covering proximity sensors. The USITC concluded that the concept at issue was too obvious to merit patent...
