An Argentine court in Buenos Aires sentenced former military general Reynaldo Bignone on Tuesday to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the nation's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" . In addition,...
The New Zealand Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage , bringing the bill one vote closer to becoming law. The bill was approved by a vote of 77-44, in the second of...
A Moscow court on Monday began preliminary hearings in the posthumous trial against Russian whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . This case marks the first time that Russia will carry out a legal proceeding against a...
Former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier appeared before a Haitian court on Thursday, after previously rebuffing summonses for alleged human rights abuses from 1971-1986. Thursday's hearing marked the first time that the plaintiffs confronted ...
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Thursday to strike down California's ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry . The US Department of Justice...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul said Sunday that lawyers and judges in the Maldives are not adequately independent from outside influence . The special rapporteur pointed to...
A Maldives court issued a second arrest warrant on Monday for former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on charges of the illegal detention of a judge. The charges against Nasheed stem from his unilateral order to arrest...
The Illinois State Senate on Thursday approved a bill to legalize same-sex marriage . The senate voted 34-21 to lift the ban on same-sex marriage in the state of Illinois. The...
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday that the private sale of medical marijuana is illegal. The court granted an injunction enjoining the defendants' business, Compassionate Apothecary (CA) , from selling medical marijuana...
US District Judge James Robart on Thursday restricted the patent lawsuit by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility against Microsoft . The judge ruled that certain parts of three different Motorola patents were not valid. Motorola has sought...
