The Supreme Court of India has ruled that criminal defendants have a right to counsel under the Indian Constitution . The court found Thursday that under Article 22(1) of the Constitution, a court could...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will not grant immunity to any person perpetrating crimes against humanity in Libya, according to a statement issued by the court on Monday. The ICC Prosecutor's Office is currently assessing...

Two tobacco companies filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to enjoin a recent opinion by...

A three-judge panel for the Illinois Court of Appeals for the Fifth District on Thursday unanimously decided to reopen a $10.1 billion class action against Philip Morris involving deceptive marketing practices in light of a...

The Egyptian military's judicial committee on Saturday proposed a constitutional amendment that would impose an eight-year term limit on the presidency in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the 30-year reign of former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera...

The UN Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi , marking the first unanimous referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in UN history....

The Obama administration on Friday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to delay its review of an order striking down the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC §...

The Spanish National Court on Friday agreed to continue investigating allegations of a Moroccan man who claims that he was tortured while detained at Guantanamo Bay . Article 23.4 of the Ley Organica...

The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday amended the national criminal law to remove 13 offenses from the list of crimes subject to the death penalty . Those removed are non-violent...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday adopted a resolution condemning the recent violence in Libya and ordering an international inquiry into alleged abuses. During a special session, the 47-member council unanimously adopted the...