Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Friday that it has acquired new evidence to support allegations of wartime abuses against civilians by both the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news...

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary William Hague said Friday that the UK will launch an investigation into allegations that overseas UK operatives were complicit in torture. Hague stated that the new coalition government will initiate a...

The US Senate on Thursday passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 , focused on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis . The bill creates a...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday sent a delegation from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to Guinea to further investigate the killing of more than 150 pro-democracy protesters in Conakry in...

A Lithuanian court ruled Tuesday that the image of the swastika is part of the country's cultural identity and not a Nazi symbol. The ruling came in response to a suit that was filed against a...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced Wednesday that Honduras has dropped proceedings against Brazil relating to the June 2009 coup in Honduras. The Honduran interim government began the proceedings [press release,...

The UK Electoral Commission called Thursday for revisions to the voting laws after 1,200 voters were unable to cast ballots in the May elections even though they had arrived at the polling station...

A petition was filed in a Pakistani court Wednesday challenging the pardon of Interior Minister Rehman Malik by President Asif Ali Zardari . The challenge alleges that under Article 45 of the Pakistan Constitution...

Four suspected members of armed Basque separatist group ETA were arrested Thursday in France, including suspected ETA leader Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe. The officers raided a residential block of the...

A member of the newly formed UK coalition government indicated Thursday that the extradition of alleged hacker Gary McKinnon to the US will be delayed. Home Secretary Theresa May considered an adjournment request...