The representative to Colombia for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Thursday reiterated his call for a peaceful solution to the country's ongoing armed conflict. Christian Salazar made his remarks at a...
Top officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told the UN Security Council Wednesday that...
The Australian Labor Party Saturday officially amended its platform to support same-sex marriage. The ruling party's decision to support same-sex marriage followed emotional debate and speeches from both sides of the issue at its national...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted in an emergency session Friday to adopt a resolution strongly condemning the recent violence in Syria. The UNHRC resolution sets the stage for action by other UN bodies ...
Transparency International (TI) Thursday released its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) , again showing some governments failing to protect citizens from corruption, be it abuse of public resources, bribery or secretive decision-making. The CPI...
Fatou Bensouda of the Gambia, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , will be formally recommended Thursday to succeed Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo when his nine-year term expires next year. Liechtenstein's UN...
An Italian high court Thursday rejected an application by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to prevent testimony being heard at his corruption trial. Berlusconi had applied for but was denied an interim injunction [Guardian...
A Tunisian criminal court Friday convicted a nephew of the wife of Tunisia's ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali , immediately pronouncing an 18-year prison sentence for writing over USD $399 million in...
Philippine authorities formally charged former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with electoral sabotage Saturday, a day after she was arrested on a warrant issued for charges of corruption and election fraud that occurred during...
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured in southern Libya Friday, officials of the country's interim government have announced. A fugitive since his father's regime fell last month , the highest-profile son of deceased former dictator Muammar Gaddafi...
