The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Saturday called for an independent investigation into allegations that the government had knowledge of and was complicit in the torture of Binyam Mohamed [BBC profile; JURIST...
The Council of Europe (COE) reached a joint declaration Friday to undertake reforms of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by the end of 2011 in order to address the...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) claiming that documents he seeks from former UN peacekeeper countries would provide evidence...
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) on Friday ordered Elections Canada (EC) to comply with the Canadian Human Rights Act by ensuring that polling facilities are accessible to voters with disabilities. The...
The Chinese Embassy in Washington DC claims that prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng , missing for more than a year, is working in the Urumqi region , according to human...
The European Union (EU) and the US government on Monday issued a joint statement condemning Iranian human rights violations since the disputed June presidential election . According to the statement, the Iranian government must respect...
Former UK Foreign Ministry secretary Jack Straw testified to the Iraq Inquiry on Monday that he did not ignore legal advice that the 2003 Iraq invasion lacked basis in international law. During...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday urged the US Supreme Court to dismiss as moot an appeal filed by Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
Iraqi leaders on Saturday urged the country's Supreme Court to rule on the recent electoral appeals panel decision allowing about 500 candidates who had been banned for alleged ties to the outlawed Baath party to run in...
The Obama administration continued to criticize the Supreme Court Monday for its recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. In an...
