Disagreements between the United States and Iraq are still blocking a permanent Status of Forces Agreement regarding the role of American troops in Iraq and could delay a deal past the expiration...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that it had mistakenly failed to brief the Supreme Court on the existence of a military law allowing capital punishment for child rape before the...
Belgium's Court of Cassation Tuesday approved the transfer of former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island Tuesday overturned a 2006 jury verdict holding paint manufacturers liable for contamination caused by lead-based paint. The court rejected state arguments that the paint companies had created...
Millions of Swedish citizens have filed electronic petitions against the country's newly approved electronic wiretapping law , according to news reports Wednesday. The law was narrowly approved earlier this month...
A Chilean judge Monday sentenced General Manuel Contreras to two consecutive life terms in prison for a 1974 car bombing that killed another general and his wife. At the time of the bombing, Contreras was the head...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Canadian citizen Maher Arar , who sought a declaratory judgment against US government officials for deporting...
The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said ...
The United States should set a concrete deadline for closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report by an investigator from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe...
Thana Tansiri, a lawyer for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , began serving a six-month prison sentence Monday for his role in an attempt to bribe officials overseeing a corruption case against...
