The Israeli Cabinet approved an amendment Sunday to the country's Citizenship law that would require those seeking citizenship to pledge allegiance to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state" and promise "to honor...

Representatives from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) appeared before the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday to request additional financial resources and institutional...

Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a controversial bill into law Friday that permits the government to punish media outlets for publishing racist content. Under the new law, the...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Wednesday that governmental interests in the protection of sensitive information supersede a detainee's request for its disclosure. The decision overturns the district court's...

Family members of Turkish activists killed during Israel's raid of a Gaza-bound flotilla in May have sent a request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for a formal investigation into the incident. The families...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 5-4 Friday that Canadians do not have the right to have counsel present during custodial interrogations. The court held that § 10(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms...

Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Friday filed an appeal challenging the Bangkok Criminal Court's decision to dismiss money laundering and fraud charges against him, which removed obstacles to his US...

Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was announced Friday as the winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize , "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." Liu has...

The European Parliament voted Thursday to support increased government scrutiny of deepwater drilling off Europe's coasts, but voted not to ban the practice as the Environmental Committee had urged . The resolution ,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld Washington's ban on voting by felons, reversing a prior ruling by a three-judge panel. That ban is enshrined in Article VI of the...