The UN's top humanitarian expert told the UN Security Council Wednesday that immediate action must to be taken to prevent civilian deaths in ongoing armed conflicts in several countries. Jan Egeland , UN Under-Secretary-General...
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic ordered the 2000 killing of communist-era Serbian President Ivan Stambolic , his former mentor, to consolidate his hold on power in the former Yugoslavia, Serbia's Supreme Court said in a...
Recent British court rulings against the legality of control orders restricting terror suspects have precipitated a "constitutional crisis" in the UK, according to Labour Party MP John Denham , chair of the House of Commons Home...
A commission headed by the chief judge of New York has recommended that a permanent state commission be established to assume control of the state's indigent legal service systems to ensure that they meet the constitutional...
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called for congressional action on regulation of the hedge fund industry, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. Blumenthal told the panel that federal oversight was needed to fill...
Terry Collins , director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has set forth several changes in Ohio's lethal injection protocol in a report and letter addressed to Ohio Governor Bob...
A UK High Court judge ruled Wednesday that control orders authorizing the electronic monitoring or house arrest of terror suspects where there is not enough evidence to prosecute or convict them violate Article 5 ...
Human rights groups have condemned the decision of the al-Warraq Misdemeanor Court in Egypt to sentence controversial newspaper editor Ibrahim Eissa to a year in prison for publishing a report critical of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [official...
Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk on Tuesday reversed an earlier decision revoking citizenship from former MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali , who was born in Somalia. Ali resigned from the Dutch parliament in May after...
Former US attorney general turned Saddam Hussein defense lawyer Ramsey Clark told a Washington press conference Tuesday that executing Saddam only would only precipitate more sectarian violence in Iraq. He made the comment only a few days...
