South African President Thabo Mbeki spoke out Tuesday against an International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , telling reporters that the move will jeopardize stability in the Darfur...

The Spanish Supreme Court announced Tuesday it has banned the Basque Nationalist Action Party (ANV) from taking part in any political activities in the country, because of its alleged ties to ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

At a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva Tuesday, Sudan called for the Council not to renew the mandate of Sina Samar , the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights...

Fourteen Chadian and Senegalese citizens filed complaints with a Senegal prosecutor Tuesday, alleging war crimes and torture by former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre . Habre fled to Senegal after being overthrown in 1990, and last...

Witnesses before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday presented testimony discussing the Rule of Law and criticizing the White House for exceeding the limits of constitutional authority during George Bush's presidency....

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday announced the arrest of a provincial governor and political opponent on genocide charges in connection with the deaths of several Morales supporters during demonstrations last week. Gov....

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that a drug company refusing to meet "ordinary" orders for medicine as a means of thwarting parallel exports abuses its market position. The decision comes in...

UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Patricia O’Brien has found that prison overcrowding in countries with UN peacekeeping missions threatens the success of those missions, the UN Press Centre reported Monday. O'Brien made the remarks at a...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has admitted the unlawful abuse of nine Iraqi detainees, solicitors for the detainees announced Tuesday. As part of the settlement, the detainees are to receive damages of...

Members of the US Congress spoke out about regulatory changes and investigations following a stock market drop propelled by Lehman Brothers' Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and the sale of Merrill Lynch on Monday. Speaker of the House...