The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday transferred the case of Aloys Ndimbati to the authorities of the Republic of Rwanda. Ndimbati, a former local government official in Rwanda, has...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in two combined cases that mandatory life sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. In Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-3 that three provisions of Arizona's controversial immigration law are preempted by federal law but upheld the most controversial provision. In Arizona...
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was ordered to be seen by a court-appointed doctor on Monday after she failed to appear at her tax evasion trial. Tymoshenko is reportedly suffering from a spinal...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the town of Colorado City, Arizona, the city of Hildale, Utah, as well as local utility companies, alleging that the authorities have engaged...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions continued to criticize US drone strikes on Thursday, saying that in some cases the attacks may constitute war crimes. In addressing the 20th Session of the...
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang on Thursday urged the government of Malawi to improve its human rights conditions and promote accountability in the country. In particular, Kang expressed concern about the...
A lawyer for the state of Florida on Thursday defended Florida's voter-purging policy in his oral argument before the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida . The lawyer argued that there is no evidence to...
A Bahraini doctor who was sentenced to one year in prison last week for his alleged participation in anti-government activity has begun a hunger strike to protest the conviction. Saeed al-Samaheeji said he started the hunger strike ...
Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr on Thursday renewed calls for the Canadian government to respond to a request to transfer Khadr to Canada. A former child soldier...
