A judge for the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Monday asked that the Trial Chamber initiate proceedings in absentia for four wanted suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime...

A group of rights organizations and lawmakers on Monday called for Australia to investigate a top ranking official in the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canberra for war crimes violations allegedly committed by the...

The Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris on Friday ordered French Internet service providers to block access to Copwatch Nord Paris I-D-F, a website designed to allow civilians to post...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in four cases. In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum , the court will determine whether three oil companies are immune from US lawsuits under...

Elouise Cobell, who successfully led plaintiffs in the Indian trust class action lawsuit against the US Department of the Interior (DOI) , died from cancer Sunday at age 65. The resulting $3.4 billion settlement [agreement,...

Defense counsel for Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim rested its case on Monday in Anwar's sodomy trial, for which a verdict is expected by the end of the year....

The head of the European Commission (EC) Sunday announced plans to propose criminal sanctions for wrong-doers in the financial sector. In an interview-format article published over the weekend, EC President Jose Manuel...

The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) on Saturday issued a decree banning discrimination on the basis of race, gender or religion. The SCAF article, Law Decree No. 125 / 2011, amended Criminal Law provisions...

International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Saturday that the court will launch investigations specifically aimed at three to six individuals for their alleged involvement in post-election violence following last...

Members of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group defended the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a filing on Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California...