Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told reporters Thursday that the joint Cambodia-UN tribunal that will try former Khmer Rouge leaders accused of genocide requires additional funds to extend its work into 2010. Although the Extraordinary Chambers in...
A judicial panel of the British House of Lords Wednesday narrowly ruled that Scottish subjects can pursue cases related to alleged human rights abuses of prisoners by the Scottish Prison Service occurring as...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified Wednesday in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the rendition of Canadian citizen Maher Arar was not "handled...
The US Senate Wednesday confirmed embattled Mississippi Court of Appeals Justice Leslie H. Southwick to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by a vote of 59-38 , despite broad criticism of...
Protesters in 12 cities around the world demonstrated against the Myanmar junta Wednesday to commemorate 12 years of detention for Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi . The protests coincided with an...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday dismissed concerns that President Pervez Musharraf would declare martial law if the court invalidates his disputed election victory, with the top presiding judge telling the court that...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warlord Germain Katanga has been transferred to the court's detention center [PDF...
Japan's cabinet Wednesday approved new anti-terror legislation which would grant a one-year extension to a Japanese refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The bill, which restricts its application to allied ships on anti-terrorism patrols, is a compromise ...
The planned execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in Western media as "Chemical Ali," has been further delayed while Iraqi lawmakers debate the role of the country's Presidency Council and the...
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Tuesday revised security procedures relating to headwear , merging procedures involving headwear with the broader category of bulky clothing. The move came less than a week after the TSA and...
