Haiti's Investigative Magistrate Carves Jean ruled Monday that former president Jean-Claude Duvalier will not stand trial for crimes against humanity, including torture, false imprisonment, rape and murder during his reign between 1971 and 1986....

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Monday that former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj is suing ICTY for USD $2.6 million in...

Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice on Monday sentenced former prime minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison on charges of graft and corruption . Referred...

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday ordered that a travel ban imposed upon the former ambassador to the US is to be lifted. The ban was imposed upon Husain Haqqani after an anonymous memo that implied Pakistani...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed concern Friday over aging men and women becoming the most rapidly growing group in US prisons and the ability of officials to provide appropriate housing and medical care to these...

Senegal's highest court ruled Monday that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term, rejecting an appeal by the opposition. The Senegalese Constitution had no term limits when Wade initially took...

A Norwegian court on Monday convicted two men accused of planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. This is the first conviction under Norway's anti-terror laws . Both defendants, Mikael...

In response to international criticism the Libya Ministry of Justice announced on Sunday that it will be commandeering "makeshift prisons" around the country to prevent further prisoner torture. Deputy Minister Khalifa Ashour acknowledged that primarily loyalists to former dictator...

State media for Bahrain announced on Sunday that new measures will be taken against protesters in light of recent violence against police officers. Acting under the orders of Prime Minister and Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said in a statement delivered Sunday to the African Union Summit that Africa must honor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and...