Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis on Tuesday called on officials to end discrimination against Europe's Roma minority . Davis' comments came in response to a Monday confrontation ...

Eric Holder , Deputy US Attorney General during the Clinton administration, has been asked and has agreed to serve as US Attorney General for the incoming administration of now President-elect Barack Obama, according to media reports...

Two alleged Bosnian war criminals were arrested Tuesday on orders from the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Radivoje Lalovic and Soniboj Skiljevic are charged with war crimes allegedly committed during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday lifted a suspension imposed on the trial of Congolese ex-militia leader Thomas Lubanga after prosecutors in the case agreed to share [filing,...

California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to review the petitions raised in reference to the recent passage of Proposition 8 [text,...

Iraqi human rights activists are concerned about the treatment of detainees due to be transferred from US military custody to Iraqi authorities under the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) , according to an IRIN report...

Over 100 retired admirals and generals of the United States military called Monday for a repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding homosexuals in the armed forces. The controversial policy requires the dismissal...

UN envoy to Iraq Staffan de Mistura praised the country's new Independent High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) on Monday, calling it a "milestone" for human rights in the region. The IHCHR was...

The UK's former senior law lord Thomas Bingham on Monday criticized official UK legal justifications given for the 2003 US and UK invasion of Iraq, saying it was "a serious violation of international law and...

Officials from the administration of US president-elect Barack Obama will likely not prosecute Americans who approved or actually carried out the torture or other harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, according to an AP report published Monday....