Serbian prosecutors Thursday condemned Albania's refusal to initiate an investigation into allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Albanian Prosecutor General Ina Rama refused Tuesday to cooperate with Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and...
International Criminal Court (ICC) President Judge Phillippe Kirsch told the UN General Assembly Thursday that the ICC is at a "critical stage" ten years after its creation. Presenting his annual report [text, PDF;...
UK Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw Monday called for a 'rebalancing of criminal justice priorities' amidst outrage expressed at newly released Ministry of Justice figures showing...
Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and Albanian state prosecutor Ina Rama met Monday to discuss allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo. Former Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Carla Del Ponte...
An Arizona federal district court ruled Wednesday that conditions in Maricopa County corrections facilities violate the constitutional rights of its prisoners. US District Judge Neil Wake's order demanded that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio...
The High Criminal Court in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday continued the trial of those accused of attempting to destabilize and overthrow the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Turkish prosecutors have charged 86 people with...
Spanish prosecutors Monday challenged a probe launched by Judge Baltasar Garzon into the disappearances of tens of thousands of people from the beginning of the Spanish Civil War through the early years...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Sunday issued a new policy paper liberalizing the country's land use laws in an effort to decrease rural poverty and increase the country's agricultural capacity. The CPC...
The Moscow District Military Court opened closed preliminary hearings Wednesday on the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The hearings began without prominent human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko, who is representing Politkovskaya's family, because the...
Justice ministers of countries belonging to the League of Arab States said Monday that the International Criminal Court has 'no sound legal basis' to issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir...
