Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville on Friday expressed his concern over the continued attacks on churches in Nigeria which have killed more than 100 people, citing possible crimes...
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UN rights office condemns continued violence in Nigeria
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UN rights chief calls for stronger human rights treaty body
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Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts former RUF member of witness tampering
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Serbia prosecutors investigating network that aided war criminals
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EU condemns Iran for discriminatory human rights practices
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DOJ sues city governments for religious discrimination
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UN official: US drone strikes are potential war crimes
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UK court rules police cannot retain records of innocent people
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US lawmakers ask federal court to stay Defense of Marriage Act case
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UN rights official urges Malawi to improve human rights conditions, accountability
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that the treaty body system is in crisis and called on the international community to strengthen it. In her report , she revealed that...
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...
