The State Council of China released a 41-page report Wednesday claiming significant progress in the promotion and protection of human rights. The document reported over 1,500 investigations and prosecutions of government officials alleged to have violated human...
Topping Tuesday's international brief, leaders from the Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change have filed the first of nearly a dozen legal challenges to the validity of the March 31 elections in Zimbabwe . MDC...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed an historic border agreement Monday, ending nearly four decades of tense relations between the two nations. The agreement provides for the peaceful resolution of a final...
John R. Bolton , the State Department official who is President Bush's nominee for US Ambassador to the United Nations, faces questioning Monday before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee before a confirmation vote that is...
The Kyrgyzstan Parliament, meeting for the fourth time on the issue of former President Askar Akayev , finally accepted his formal resignation Monday by a majority vote. The parliament had struggled to approve the resignation, as some members...
A Moscow court adjourned Monday to begin consideration in the criminal case against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky on charges of embezzlement and tax evasion. Defense counsel finished its defense Friday , alleging that...
The International Court of Justice , the principle judicial organ of the UN, will begin hearing oral arguments Monday in the case of Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda). The...
Leading Friday's international brief, opposition members in Togo clashed with police on the first day of political campaigning for the national elections required by the resignation of Faure Gnassingbe . Protesters blocked...
Leading Thursday's international legal news, the continuing dispute over how to remove former Kyrgyzstan President Askar Akayev has resulted in the postponement of the national elections originally scheduled for June. Akayev signed legal resignation papers Monday [JURIST...
The National Human Rights Commission of South Korea issued a non-binding recommendation Wednesday that the country's death penalty be abolished. Eight of the nine officials on the Commission approved the resolution, which will be forwarded to the...
