The US-based Rapaport Diamond Trading Network on Sunday reiterated its stance against the sale of Zimbabwe diamonds associated with human rights violations. In a letter to their members, Rapaport stated they will expel members who...
Co-prosecutors for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday filed a notice of an appeal of the judgment against former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav [case...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday stated his willingness to consider changes to a law that allows the military to interfere in domestic matters. Article 35 of Turkish Armed Forces Services Law, which...
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Friday that damages are an appropriate remedy for violations of a citizen's rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms . The case arose after Vancouver lawyer Cameron Ward...
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday suspended an order issued last week directing the release of accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo [case...
US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) on Wednesday introduced an amended version of the Senate campaign finance bill in order to gain support from moderate Republicans in the hope of increasing the chance of the...
The US Senate will not pass broad climate legislation during this session, according to statements made Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) . Reid said that the body lacks the 60 votes necessary [BBC...
Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday called for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , saying that he will eventually face trial before the...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted the habeas corpus petition of Yemeni citizen Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif and ordered his immediate release from the Guantanamo Bay...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Thursday that Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia did not violate international law. Serbia argued that UN Resolution 1244 , which ended the war...
