Newly appointed UN Independent Expert on Human Rights in Sudan, Mashood Adebayo Baderin, said on Friday, following his first mission to Sudan, that the country still needs to take further steps to ensure its people have adequate...

A boycott by defense lawyers in the case of hundreds of Turkish military officers accused of plotting a coup against the government in 2003 caused the judge to refer the case on Friday to the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered that the Attorney General take action to bring the Chief Justice's son, Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar, and real estate businessman, Malik Riaz Hussain, to trial for alleged bribery...

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was convicted on Friday of three counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Gupta was also acquitted on two other counts of securities...

The Supreme Court of British Columbia ruled Friday that provisions of Canada's Criminal Code that forbid physician-assisted suicide unjustly violate the rights to life, liberty and equality. In her ruling, Justice Lynn Smith acknowledged that...

A judge for the UK Court of Protection ruled Friday that a 32-year-old woman who suffers from anorexia , a fear of gaining weight resulting in decreased consumption of food, can be fed against her will....

A federal judge on Thursday granted a request from Apple to hear its patent infringement case against Motorola . Apple is seeking an injunction against some of Motorola's phones alleging that the company infringed upon its patents. Judge...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that a former defense contractor who alleged that he was tortured while detained by the US military in Iraq cannot sue...

UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns , and on torture, Juan Mendez , on Friday condemned the violence against peaceful protesters, journalists and human rights defenders in Syria. Despite the government's promise of...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged the international community to provide better protection of the worldwide elderly population. He pointed out that four to six percent of this vulnerable group is subject to physical, mental...