Myanmar's 45-member Referendum Holding Commission has scheduled a planned national constitutional referendum for May 10, the military government announced Wednesday. Opposition groups like the National League for Democracy (NLD) have urged citizens to reject the...
The US Department of Defense has assigned Navy Captain Prescott Prince to defend confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed before a US military commission, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday....
A 2003 US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memorandum demonstrates that the detention of Illinois resident and Qatari native Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri "lacks legal basis" as the detention...
The Assembly of Kosovo Wednesday adopted the country's new draft constitution without a vote, which was signed earlier this week by top Kosovo officials. Last week, the European Union certified...
Pakistani Law and Justice Minister Farooq H. Naik has prepared a constitutional package that could restore judges ousted by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , the Pakistani Nation daily reported Monday. The package, which has reportedly...
The UN Human Rights Council held its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Monday, reviewing the human rights record of Bahrain. Under the UPR, the 47-member Council will systematically investigate the human rights situations...
A High Court judge in Harare said Monday that the court has jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit seeking a court order to compel the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) to immediately release the results of the nation's March...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Thursday acquitted former Kosovo prime minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj of all charges. Haradinaj and...
Law enforcement officials from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated the constitutional privacy and due process rights of suspected illegal aliens by raiding their homes , according to a complaint filed in...
The European Union Thursday certified that Kosovo's constitution is in line with its international obligations, guaranteeing the individual and community rights of all its citizens. The constitution is expected to come...
