The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday heard arguments over whether state courts can consider international law—and in particular, Sharia law—in their decisions. State Question 755 allows state courts to look...

A South African court on Monday found the controversial African National Congress (ANC) Youth League President Julius Malema guilty of hate speech for singing the apartheid-era protest song "Shoot the Boer."...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday said that at least 2,600 people have been killed in Syria in the crackdown on anti-government protesters in the country. During her address to the UN Human...

The Pechersk District Court announced on Monday that the trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on charges of abuse of office would be adjourned for two weeks ....

The Afghan Local Police (ALP) force is committing serious abuses , and the Afghan government is doing little to hold the officials accountable, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Monday. In a report entitled "Just...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague on Monday began hearing arguments from Germany and Italy, which is seeking damages from Germany for crimes committed by Nazis during World War II. In November 2008, Germany...

Ugandan Supreme Court Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki on Friday said the Judiciary lacks independence as a result of interference by African governments. At the Southern African Chief Justices Forum in Kampala, Odoki pointed to surveys [Daily Monitor...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday accepted the resignation of the country's lead corruption watchdog, Raheem Uqaili. Uqaili was the chairman of Iraq's Integrity Commission [official website,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has agreed to a rehearing en banc to determine the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan Constitution banning affirmative action. Proposal 2 [text;...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon sent a letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) , which was circulated on Friday, seeking the formation of a mission to provide assistance to the new post-conflict authorities...