Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Philippine authorities to establish a timetable to end the martial law declared in its southern province of Maguindanao and to dismantle paramilitary groups throughout the nation. Philippines President Gloria...

The North Korean delegation to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) defended North Korea's human rights record Monday while presenting a report in compliance with the UNHRC's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Ambassador Ri...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Alvarez v. Smith that a challenge to an Illinois statute authorizing forfeiture of personal property used to facilitate drug...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers that the requirement that parties submit proof that they have...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Beard v. Kindler that a state procedural rule is not automatically "inadequate" to bar federal habeas review under the...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter that disclosure orders adverse to the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal under...

A legally-binding treaty on climate change should be ready in 2010, UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon announced Monday during the 13th Session of the General Conference of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)...

A Chilean judge ruled Monday that former president Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated, charging six in connection with his death. Judge Alejandro Madrid of the Chilean Court of Appeals found that Frei Montalva, who was...

The National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) and other groups on Monday petitioned the Philippines Supreme Court to reject a proclamation by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo imposing martial law [JURIST...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that a Chicago man has been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India . US citizen David Coleman...