UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Tuesday praised the nations that have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and urged more states to join the convention at the First Meeting of States...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday announced a national referendum that seeks to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Australian Constitution . Currently, although Aborigines make up almost three percent of the...
Voters in Niger have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new constitution, according to results published Tuesday. Military leaders of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD), who have held power after staging a coup in...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday convicted former Rwanda businessman Gaspard Kanyarukiga on charges of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. Kanyarukiga was indicted [text,...
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down a portion of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. The court held that the...
A Dutch court panel on Friday dismissed the presiding judges in the trial of right-wing politician Geert Wilders in response to claims of judicial bias. Earlier this month, the court rejected Widlers' claims of...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned a ruling by the UAE Federal Supreme Court affirming a "husband right to discipline his wife" as a violation of UAE treaty obligations. The ruling upheld a man's...
