Seven retired military officers were sentenced on Friday to life in prison for various human rights abuses committed during the "Dirty War" in Argentina from 1976-1983. News of the sentences was released in a...

The Bangladesh parliament on Sunday approved amendments to the country's war crimes laws to allow prosecutors to appeal sentences given to defendants convicted of war crimes. These amendments are a response to protests that ensued...

Prince Taylor, an investigator for the Charles Taylor defense team in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was sentenced Thursday to two years on each of...

The Virginia Senate approved two bills on Friday that restrict the acceptable forms of identification that voters can present at the polls. SB 1256 requires that voters present a photo ID that lists...

The Kenyan government is being sued for police brutality in the violence that followed the country's 2007 presidential election . The suit has been brought against the government by the families of seven victims and eight wounded...

The UN confirmed on Friday that a four-person team was on the ground in Mali to investigate potential violations of humanitarian law. According to Cecile Pouilly, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , the fact-finding...

A German court on Thursday ruled for Facebook in a challenge over the social networking website's policy requiring users to register with their real names. The Independent Center for Privacy Protection ,...

Lawyers for Pennsylvania and the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) on Friday reached an accord allowing state residents to vote in upcoming primary and special elections without submitting identification. According to media sources, voters will...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Bangladesh on Thursday for offering retroactive amendments that change war crime laws to allow plaintiffs to appeal verdicts delivered by the nation's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) . The...

The UN has called on the de facto authorities of the disputed region of Transnistria "to address the deeply rooted problems identified in the report and to fully implement its recommendations, including the development of...