An Iraqi judicial panel has rejected the Justice and Accountability Committee's recent decision to remove chief judge Medhat al-Mahmoud from office. The Committee decided remove al-Mahmoud last over alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath party [BBC backgrounder;...

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to determine whether the case against him will proceed to trial. Gbagbo's lawyers urged the court to...

The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany on Tuesday ruled that same-sex couples in a civil union can legally adopt the non-biological children of their partners. The challenge to...

The Supreme Court of Mexico on Monday published the written judgment for its December decision striking down Oaxaca's same-sex marriage ban. In its reasoning the Mexican high court compared the Oaxaca law...

A Moscow court on Monday ordered a trial to begin next month against deceased whistle-blowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky . Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009, was a lawyer for the Hermitage Capital Fund and...

The French data protection agency Commission nationale de l'nformatique et des libertes (CNIL) said Monday that EU data protection agencies intend to take action against Google and investigate the Internet...

Both Syrian government forces and anti-government rebels have committed war crimes throughout the two-year armed conflict in Syria, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria in Syria reported Monday. According to the Commission,...

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 Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court announced Monday that it has rejected parts of the draft election law that will govern the country's upcoming parliamentary elections. While the court must ratify the legislation before it can be enacted...

A White House draft immigration reform proposal would allow immigrants to become legal permanent residents in eight years, USA Today reported on Saturday. The plan reportedly would also increase security funding, require business owners...