Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (INR) , the body charged with investigating Nazi and communist-era crimes, on Thursday announced a new probe into Nazi crimes aimed at tracking down living Nazi perpetrators. The investigation, opened by the branch...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reemphasized Wednesday the importance of accountability issues in Sri Lanka related to conflicts with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) . The comments came during a meeting with Mahinda...
Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuette , joined by four other states, on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to require the US Army Corps of Engineers to accelerate a study on ecological separation...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for the West Bank and Gaza Strip , Richard Falk called Thursday, called for better guidelines on the treatment of Palestinian youth arrested by the Israeli...
UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien on Thursday urged the government of Cambodia to refrain from interfering with the UN-backed tribunal tasked with trying those alleged responsible for mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the Canadian government to investigate and arrest former US president George W. Bush for his role in...
A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday sentenced former Galleon Group hedge fund executive Raj Rajaratnam to 11 years in prison, fined...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on governments around the world to "intensify efforts to bring to justice those responsible for grave abuses" in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , highlighted by...
US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell on Monday indicated Myanmar's civilian-led government is planning dramatic changes including releasing hundreds of political prisoners and consequential dialogue with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news...
The new chief prosecutor, Army Brig. General Mark Martins , on Wednesday indicated future military commissions at Guantanamo will be more transparent and fair to defendants. In addition to congressionally mandated changes like...
