Bolivian officials Monday rejected a Peruvian proposal to expand intellectual property protections, arguing that the amendment would be illegal and would harm the Bolivian economy. Peru is anxious to strengthen its intellectual property laws...

Detained members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) , a rebel group from Sudan's Darfur region , will be charged with terrorism and tried this week, Sudanese Justice Minister Abdel Basset Sabdarat told AP Monday....

Mexican President Felipe Calderon Tuesday signed into law constitutional reforms which provide for public and oral trials, guarantee the presumption of innocence, and guarantee suspects representation by qualified public defenders....

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov lost an appeal in the Moscow Court Tuesday to force Russian authorities to register his People for Democracy and Justice party. Russian...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wrote Monday that proposed amendments designed to suspend older trials for nonviolent crimes would allow the judiciary to consider more important cases [Senate letter, in...

Japan carried out its thirteenth execution since Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama assumed office last August with the hanging of three condemned inmates Tuesday. Tuesday's executions are the latest in an increasing number of executions in the...

The Federal Court of Malaysia ruled Monday that former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim can challenge the constitutionality of his 1998 removal from office by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir...

Former DOD General Counsel William "Jim" Haynes encouraged the use of harsh interrogation tactics on terror detainees, US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said at a Tuesday committee hearing...

European Union foreign ministers said Monday that member states that have not yet ratified the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon , should continue their ratification processes despite an...

The UN Security Council Monday issued a short presidential statement calling on Sudan to work with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to "put an end to impunity for the crimes committed in Darfur." Sudan is not...