Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will be made to testify at his genocide trial, according to a statement by judicial officials on Saturday. Rios Montt was in control of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 as a result of...
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Former Guatemala dictator to give testimony in genocide trial
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Yemen parliament grants immunity to outgoing president Saleh
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UN concerned over Cambodia blocking international judge from genocide tribunal
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Mali becomes first African state to enforce ICC sentences
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Chevron appeals Ecuador court’s $18 billion fine
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Federal appeals court strikes New Mexico sex offender library ban
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UN rights expert calls on new North Korea leaders to address human rights concerns
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Yemen amends immunity law for Saleh’s associates
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Haiti judge convicts 8 police officers for post-earthquake prison shooting
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Supreme Court rejects interim Texas redistricting maps
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The Yemeni parliament on Saturday approved a bill granting immunity to President Ali Abdullah Saleh in exchange for him stepping down. In the same bill, parliament recommended current...
The UN expressed concern on Friday over Cambodia's decision to not appoint the reserve judge to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) over "ethical concerns." The UN stated that...
Mali signed an agreement Friday with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to become the first African country to agree to enforce the ICC's sentences of imprisonment. Article 103 of the Rome Statute , which governs...
US oil company Chevron Corp announced Friday that it has filed an appeal with the National Court of Justice in Ecuador asking it to reconsider the decision rendered by an Ecuadorian judge [press...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Friday that a policy in the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, that bans registered sex offenders from entering the city's public libraries is unconstitutional. The...
The UN Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights Marzuki Darusman called Friday on the new leadership of North Korea (DPRK) to improve human rights concerns in their country. The statement comes as...
Yemeni officials on Thursday amended a law that would have given complete immunity to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and all of his associates, limiting it to politically motivated crimes for Saleh's aides....
Haitian Judge Ezekiel Vaval convicted eight police officers on Thursday for their participation in the shooting and killing of at least 10 prisoners after the January 2010 earthquake . The judge also found that six other police...
The US Supreme Court ruled Friday rejected Texas's interim redistricting maps. The emergency appeal challenged an interim map drawn up by the US District Court for the Western District of Texas while a...
