The director of Guatemala's National Compensation Program Cesar Davila announced Friday that the Guatemalan government has filed more than 3,000 criminal complaints for human rights violations allegedly committed during the country's 1960-1996 civil war...
An official from the US State Department said Friday that the Blackwater Worldwide contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq will not be renewed when it expires in May. The State Department...
Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos has said he will push for legislation limiting the country's universal jurisdiction policies to prevent the investigation of Israeli officials, according to Friday statements by Israeli foreign minister...
Venezuela will renew its request that the US extradite anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles , an official announced on Friday. Venezuela is hopeful that the new Obama administration will be more receptive to the request...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday denied a petition for rehearing in the case of Wadih El-Hage who was convicted of the 1998 bombing of two US embassies...
Both Russia and Georgia must investigate possible violations of the laws of war during and after the week-long South Ossetia conflict in August 2008, according to a report released Friday by Human...
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Monday that the trial of Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek-Eav , better known as "Duch", will begin...
The court-martial for US Marine Corp Sgt. Jermaine Nelson has been scheduled for February 16, according to a Monday report in the San Diego Union-Tribune. The trial was scheduled to begin earlier this month, but a...
Human rights groups are concerned about US President-elect Barack Obama's intentions to keep the Guantanamo Bay detention center open for at least 100 days after taking office, according to a Monday report in the Miami Herald....
Final arguments began Monday in the trial of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori for alleged human rights abuses during his 1990-2000 rule. The prosecution contends that between 1991 and 1992, Fujimori was aware of...
