A British appellate court has ruled Thursday that British soldiers in Iraq are forbidden to subject Iraqi prisoners to cruel or degrading treatment while in their custody. The determination that the Human Rights Act ...
Australian police have arrested a 33-year-old man for using text messages to incite rioting a week after race riots broke out in Sydney involving 5,000 people, mostly white men and youths, attacking Muslim residents on local beaches....
Nearly 700 same-sex couples in Britain took part in civil partnership ceremonies Wednesday, the first day of eligibility under Britain's Civil Partnership Act , which was enacted in 2004. Registration for civil partnerships began earlier this month,...
The US Senate voted Wednesday to repeal the Byrd Amendment in October 2007, following a similar vote in the US House of Representatives last month. Officially known as the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act , the...
During his weekly radio address Saturday, President George W. Bush urged Congress to limit debate on the bill reauthorizing sections of the Patriot Act and vote soon on the compromise ...
Retired Croatian general Ante Gotovina , has been transferred to the detention facility of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) Saturday following his arrest in Spain Wednesday. According to the...
At a conference in New Delhi Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched a new code of Customary International Humanitarian Law setting down universal and customary rules of combat...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday defended contentious statements made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on US terrorist rendition practices , saying through a spokesperson that she has...
Signatory nations to the Kyoto Protocol meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal Thursday agreed to a final protocol provision governing the rules for ensuring compliance with emissions standards. A country...
The US House Judiciary Committee approved a complex bill aimed at preventing illegal immigration in a split party 23-15 vote Thursday, allowing a full House vote on the legislation next week. The bill [text; committee press release,...
