Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday scoffed at the warrant for his arrest issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier this week. Speaking to a crowd...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court will seek INTERPOL arrest warrants for more than 100 Israelis on war crimes charges stemming from the conflict in Gaza , prosecutors said Thursday. Iran announced in December that it would establish...

Afghanistan's human rights progress has been thwarted by armed conflict, censorship, abuse of power, and violence against women, according to a report delivered Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Thursday reversed a former Navy signalman's conviction for material support of terrorism. Judge Mark Kravitz set aside the conviction of Hassan Abu-Jihaad,...

A Singaporean member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group admitted his role in plotting the foiled 2001 attack of an Indonesian airport, while testifying at the trial of two Indonesian terrorist suspects in...

Former White House advisor Karl Rove and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers will provide testimony before the US House Judiciary Committee concerning the firing of US Attorneys , allegedly for political reasons,...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that UK regulations permitting mandatory retirement policies for workers who reach the age of 65 do not violate an EU anti-discrimination law. The case was...

The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) is not superior to the courts of the individual SADC member countries, in a decision invalidating a SADC Tribunal...

The US is resuming active participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) , according to interim Charge d'Affaires to the US Mission in Geneva Mark Sorella in his address...

Italy formally agreed to abolish the death penalty for all purposes by ratifying Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights , the Council of Europe (COE) announced Tuesday. Italy is the 41st...