The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern Friday over increased ethnic violence in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" region between Christians and Muslims. The report states that up to...
Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Luis Moreno-Ocampo , announced on Thursday that he is seeking assistance from INTERPOL to locate and arrest former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC profile;...
The three-judge Malaysian Federal Court on Thursday ruled unanimously against indigenous people fighting against the Sarawak government's seizure of land to build a dam. The court had agreed to hear the suit [JURIST...
The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday charged 10 former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) with war crimes for their actions during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday partially upheld a South Dakota law which expanded the requirements for informed consent for abortion . The court upheld the provision that...
Director General of the UN Educations, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) , Irina Bokova , expressed concern Thursday over the abuse of journalists in Syria . She stated: "Torture and detention will never convince the people...
A New Mexico judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the "Residency Verification Program" , announced last month by Governor Susana Martinez . Judge Sarah Singleton stated that "irreparable injury will occur in the form of constitutional...
Ohio voters will decide whether to repeal a law limiting the collective bargaining rights of state workers after opponents of the bill gathered 915,456 signatures Thursday, almost 700,000 more than the required 231,147...
The North Carolina House of Representatives on Saturday voted 67-45 to pass a bill requiring all employers with 25 or more employees to check the immigration status of their hires using the...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon vetoed legislation on Friday that would have required individuals to present government-issued photo ID cards at the voting booth. Proponents of the legislation argued [St....
