The African National Congress (ANC) was formally declared the winner of South African parliamentary elections Saturday, but its win fell short of the two-thirds majority of seats needed to change or amend the country's constitution...

The Bundestag , the lower house of the German parliament, approved a bill Friday restricting the use of genetic testing on humans. Specific provisions of the legislation, also know...

UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said Friday that the US must prosecute Justice Department (DOJ) lawyers who drafted four recently released top secret memos , which outlined controversial CIA interrogation techniques...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Friday a lawsuit by four UK citizens and former Guantanamo Bay detainees against former US defense secretary Donald...

JURIST has been nominated in New York for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2009. By virtue of being a nominee, JURIST is eligible for the Webby People's Voice award in addition to the judge's...

Fijian Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said Friday that the government would name new judges to replace those discharged following the suspension of the country's constitution by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo two weeks...

North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday that two US journalists arrested in March will stand trial. While the charges remain unclear, it is possible the journalists will face charges of espionage [AP...

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lifted the emergency rule decree Friday and promised constitutional reforms to bring stability back to Thailand after months of protests and violence. The state of emergency , which went...

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the Obama administration opposes the formation of an independent commission to investigate Bush administration interrogation techniques. During a press conference aboard Air Force One on Wednesday, Gibbs said that the...

A Spanish court assigned a new judge Thursday to decide whether to prosecute members of the Bush administration behind the establishment of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, a court spokesperson told CNN . Eloy Velasco...