France's National Assembly began considering Tuesday a new bill that would would make it easier to deport illegal immigrants and strip immigrants accused of violent crimes...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday announced a collaborative project that will support and strengthen regional courts in the former Yugoslavia . The ICTY, partnered with the Organisation for Security and...

The Icelandic Parliament on Tuesday voted 33-30 to refer charges against former prime minister Geir Haarde to the Landsdomur, a special court created to try government ministers. Haarde...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted a stay Tuesday allowing federal funding for stem cell research to continue pending a full appeal. After hearing oral arguments...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice (OSCJ) on Tuesday struck down several provisions of Canada's anti-prostitution laws, citing the danger they generate for sex workers. Invalidated were provisions of § 210, § 212 and...

An Iranian blogger known for popularizing blogs in Iran has been sentenced to 19.5 years imprisonment for cooperating with hostile countries, spreading propaganda against the ruling establishment, promoting counterrevolutionary groups and maintaining obscene websites. In addition to serving his...

The co-chairman of Turkey's Peace and Democracy Party, Kurdish rights advocate Selahattin Demirtash was given a 10-month suspended prison sentence on Tuesday for allegedly promoting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) . A...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in 14 cases. In Smith v. Bayer Corp. the court will determine two issues. First the court will decide...

A court in the Somali state of Puntland on Tuesday sentenced a pirate to death for murdering the skipper of cargo ship in June. Salah Mohamed Gelle, considered a pirate ringleader, highjacked ...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged EU members to stop forcibly deporting Roma migrants to Kosovo. AI believes that Roma, as well as other ethnic minority groups, could face persecution...