UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday for an increase in efforts to curb transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy in West Africa. In an address to the UN Security Council ,...
Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan appointed a commission on Wednesday to investigate the violence that accompanied his rise to power. Hassan assumed power of Maldives when former president Mohamed Nasheed resigned on February 7 following...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday delayed the trial of former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic , setting a new start date...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report accusing the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya of allowing the abuse and torture of supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday ordered a referendum on a new constitution. The new constitution reportedly omits a clause in the old document that describes the ruling Ba'ath Party as the...
The UN envoy for Children and Armed Conflict on Monday urged all nations to ratify a treaty protocol that would criminalize recruitment of child soldiers and set the minimum age of recruitment at 18. The...
A rising crime rate in Caribbean nations is one of the main challenges threatening those nations' economies, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) reported Wednesday. According to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012, the "region is...
US and Arab Gulf states are not legally bound by a decision to grant immunity to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and should refrain from doing so, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday appealed a summons issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan demanding he appear in a hearing against him for contempt. The contempt...
The Vatican sex crimes prosecutor warned bishops on Wednesday that they must follow rules in place for protecting victims of sexual abuse in the church or they risk being sanctioned. Monsignor Charles Scicluna, the church appointed prosecutor...
