The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Tuesday ordered Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) to conduct a partial recount of votes from polling stations with high irregularities. According to ECC investigations:The overwhelming...

A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled Tuesday that the state of New York has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by segregating mentally...

The German Bundestag approved a bill Tuesday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's parliament...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday that international co-prosecutor William Smith recommends investigating five more potential war criminals in what would be the court's final investigations. The announcement...

British officials met Tuesday with lawyers for victims of Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombings in the 1980s and 90s to discuss seeking compensation from Libya. The meeting came after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday...

Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday accepted the resignation of Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora , a key player in Mexico's efforts against drug cartels and drug-related violence. Medina Mora will be replaced...

The administration of US President Barack Obama has improved government transparency over the Bush administration, but there is more that should be done, according a report released Tuesday OpenTheGovernment.org , a...

National Association of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, September 8, 2009 [upholding the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, which requires members of Congress to disclose more information...

Beschlussempfehlung und Bericht des Rechtaussschusses...Entwurf eines Zweiten Gesetzes zur Anderung des Gesetzes zur Aurfhebung nationalsozialistizcher unrechtsurteile in der strafrechtsplflege, German Bundestag, September 8, 2009 [overturning the conviction of Nazi-regime "war traitors." Among those whose names have been cleared are resistance...

Disability Advocates, Inc. v. Paterson, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, September 8, 2009 [holding that the state of New York has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by segregating mentally ill New York...