The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Thursday convicted former Revolutionary United Front (RUF) member Eric Senessie on eight of nine counts for witness tampering. Four counts alleged that he had...

The Serbian war crimes prosecutor announced on Friday that his office is investigating suspects accused of helping former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic and former security official Stojan Zupljanin ...

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton on Thursday condemned Iran for its treatment of minorities and called on the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the town of Colorado City, Arizona, the city of Hildale, Utah, as well as local utility companies, alleging that the authorities have engaged...

The UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions continued to criticize US drone strikes on Thursday, saying that in some cases the attacks may constitute war crimes. In addressing the 20th Session of the...

The UK High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that retaining photographs and other materials of an innocent suspect should be prohibited. The two-judge panel in London's High Court held that the current policy of...

A group of Republican members of the US House of Representatives filed a memorandum in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Wednesday, asking the district court to stay a...

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang on Thursday urged the government of Malawi to improve its human rights conditions and promote accountability in the country. In particular, Kang expressed concern about the...

The International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament on Thursday rejected the proposed Anti-Countefeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in a vote of 19-12 vote. The ACTA's goal is to counter intellectual property theft,...

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Thursday appealed a ruling by a district court judge that held that an abortion ultrasound bill is unconstitutional. In his appeal, Pruitt argued that the...