Philippine President Benigno Aquino called for public support Thursday to encourage impeachment proceedings against Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona . Aquino warned that the fight against corruption depended on the result of the impeachment....

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday delayed the trial of former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic , setting a new start date...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report accusing the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) in Libya of allowing the abuse and torture of supporters of former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news...

An indictment against General Ilker Basbug was accepted by the Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Wednesday, after Basbug's request to have his case heard by the Supreme State Council, a faction of Turkey's Constitutional...

Amnesty International (AI) released a statement Tuesday condemning recent anti-gay actions by the government of Uganda . The statement came in response to a number of adverse actions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)...

The US District Court for District of Colorado ruled on Monday that tribal sovereign immunity applies to online money-lending sites. The court ruled that the defendants, members of several Native American tribes, did...

Mullah Krekar, the founder of the Iraqi Kurdish Islamist group Ansar Al Islam , pleaded not guilty before a Norwegian district court on Wednesday to charges of condoning suicide bombings and making death threats against politicians. The prosecutor...

A military judge on Tuesday denied the request of suspected USS Cole bomber and Guantanamo inmate Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri to question Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as a witness in his case....

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday ordered a referendum on a new constitution. The new constitution reportedly omits a clause in the old document that describes the ruling Ba'ath Party as the...

The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on Wednesday in consideration of a proposed bill that would grant same-sex couples the right to civil unions. Same-sex couples traveled to Denver to...