The UN Development Programme ordered an audit Wednesday of the human resources practices of the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the international tribunal established to try former Khmer Rouge officials,...
US District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker issued an order Tuesday imposing a limited stay on discovery in a class action lawsuit challenging the legality of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program [JURIST...
US Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Thursday introduced a bill that would ban federal funds for the use, sale, or transfer of cluster munitions . The...
Prosecutors in East Timor said Thursday they are seeking a seven-year jail term for Rogerio Lobato, former head of East Timor's Ministry of the Interior on charges of misappropriating public property, misuse of public...
A German court on Thursday sentenced anti-Semitic writer Ernst Zundel to five years in prison after finding him guilty on 14 counts of incitement, libel and disparaging the dead . Holocaust denial constitutes a...
The Nigerian House of Representatives held public hearings Wednesday on a proposed bill to criminalize homosexuality . The bill would authorize a maximum five-year sentence for any person found to be openly gay or practicing...
The trial of 29 people suspected of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people began Thursday in the National Court of Spain. The defendants , mostly of Moroccan descent, are charged...
Two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will escape jail time after a defense lawyer for BALCO founder Victor Conte admitted Wednesday in court filings that he allowed reporters Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada ...
On the same day the defense rested in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Wednesday ruled against Libby on several issues after it became clear...
A UN Human Rights Council investigatory team Wednesday cancelled a scheduled trip to the Darfur region of Sudan after Sudanese officials again refused to grant a visa to a team member. The UN refused...
