The Libyan Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will rule on the appeal of six foreign medics in three weeks. The five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor were convicted last year of knowingly infecting...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday convicted three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council of crimes against humanity including collective punishments, murder, rape, conscripting or enlisting child...
Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor for investigations at the International Criminal Court, resigned on June 14, according to a Tuesday announcement from the International Criminal Court . Brammertz will continue to...
Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Tuesday that Poland plans to appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that found Poland in violation of Article 8 of the...
Members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence expressed reservations Tuesday about the nomination of John Rizzo as CIA general counsel, questioning the career CIA-lawyer's decision to sign off on the controversial 2002 "Bybee...
Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian is proceeding with plans to hold a largely symbolic national referendum on whether Taiwan should attempt rejoining the United Nations (UN) under the name of Taiwan, despite opposition...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Leandro Despouy Tuesday urged Iraq to stop carrying out death sentences , saying that the use of capital punishment despite threats of violence against the judiciary...
Thai police Tuesday charged former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with concealing assets and illegally holding stock in publicly listed companies, as interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont repeated his previous guarantee...
Members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNCHR) on Monday reached an agreement on final rules governing the body, agreeing to a final text that requires proposed resolutions condemning human rights violators...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that the warrantless search of e-mails stored on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) violates the Fourth Amendment , finding that e-mail users correctly maintain a reasonable...
