The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Thursday the conviction of seven former Soviet officials, including Joseph Stalin , on genocide charges stemming from the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine . The court of...

Jackson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, January 14, 2010 [holding that a law allowing Washington DC to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of the district is not subject to...

An Iraqi court on Thursday sentenced 11 men to death for the August 19 bombing of the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad that left close to 100 dead. The 11 men were found guilty ...

The UK Parliament Justice Committee released a reinvestment report on Thursday urging the prison populations in England and Wales to be reduced by a third. The committee found that incarceration is a relatively ineffective way of...

2009 marked the worst year for maritime piracy in six years, according to a report issued Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The total reported incidents of...

The legal advisers for the US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen , have advised him to delay an internal effort to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" [10 USC § 654 text; JURIST...

A Dutch court on Wednesday ordered politician Geert Wilders to be tried for his video and printed statements against the Quran and Islam, dismissing a motion to drop or reduce the criminal charges. The trial...

Representatives of Canada's Inuit population on Wednesday announced a lawsuit against the European Union (EU) challenging its impending ban on the sale of seal products. The suit, filed in the General Court of the Court...

Rwandan lawmakers may introduce a bill to criminalize denial of the 1994 Rwandan genocide , according to Thursday reports. A senior researcher at the Rwanda National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) ...

The Chinese government reiterated its commitment to open Internet on Thursday, saying that international companies are welcome as long as they abide by Chinese law. Responding to a threat by Google ...