Chinese courts have begun accepting lawsuits against dairy companies in the contaminated milk scandal , a court official announced Monday, departing from their previous policy. Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court [official website,...

More than 100 Serbian judges, prosecutors, and legal professionals prevented the opening of the first EU-backed trial in Kosovo by protesting in front of the Mitrovica court house Monday....

The US Supreme Court decided two cases Tuesday. In Summers v. Earth Island Institute the Court ruled 5-4 that a group of environmentalists cannot sue to have...

One in 31 US adults are on probation, in prison, or on parole, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Center on the States . The report found that men are five times...

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday reaffirmed his opposition to waterboarding as an acceptable interrogation device. In a speech before the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Holder emphasized the need to...

The Supreme Iraq Criminal Tribunal convicted Ali Hassan al-Majid Monday of murder and sentenced him to a third death sentence, while acquitting former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz [BBC profile;...

Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko was released on bail Monday after three months of detention on the authorization of President Robert Mugabe . Mukoko, director of the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP)...

 The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in one case on Monday. In Reed Elvesier v. Muchnick , the Court will consider whether a US code provision on copyright infringement...

 The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. In District Attorney’s Office v. Osborne , the Court heard arguments on whether a defendant has...

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in a report released Monday that incidents of anti-Semitism have increased in the EU since December 2008 after declining in 2007 and 2008. The...