UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura on Friday welcomed the recent ruling by Cambodia’s genocide tribunal to annul a previous ruling that would have prevented it from...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the government of Bangladesh and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party leadership to encourage an end to the violence wracking the country. Violence between...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday reduced the amount of damages that Samsung Electronics must pay Apple for infringing on Apple patents. In August...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey on Thursday upheld a 21-year-old federal law prohibiting gambling, dealing a setback to New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting. Judge Michael Shipp ruled...

Germany's lower house of Parliament, the Bundestag , on Friday approved a bill to broaden copyright protections for online material, especially news articles. The new law would not charge royalties to search engines, including Google [official website; JURIST...

The Maryland Senate on Thursday approved a gun control bill that imposes tougher restrictions on obtaining a license to buy a firearm. The Senate voted 28-19 in favor of the bill that would...

The Washington Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Thursday that a voter approved measure requiring a super-majority vote by the state legislature in order to raise taxes is unconstitutional. The initiative was approved by voters...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday presented an annual report detailing her office's efforts in 2012 and urging further action to confront global human rights challenges. The report identifies and...

A court of appeals in Bahrain overturned the acquittal of Zainab al-Khawaja, who is accused of insulting a government employee, and sentenced her to three months of imprisonment on Friday, according to the Bahrain State New Agency...

A Dutch court on Friday convicted Yvonne Basebya , a Dutch citizen born in Rwanda, of inciting genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The District Court of The Hague sentenced Basebya to six years and eight months...