The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday convicted three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council of crimes against humanity including collective punishments, murder, rape, conscripting or enlisting child...

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor for investigations at the International Criminal Court, resigned on June 14, according to a Tuesday announcement from the International Criminal Court . Brammertz will continue to...

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Tuesday that Poland plans to appeal a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that found Poland in violation of Article 8 of the...

Members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence expressed reservations Tuesday about the nomination of John Rizzo as CIA general counsel, questioning the career CIA-lawyer's decision to sign off on the controversial 2002 "Bybee...

Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian is proceeding with plans to hold a largely symbolic national referendum on whether Taiwan should attempt rejoining the United Nations (UN) under the name of Taiwan, despite opposition...

Republicans introduced the Secure Borders FIRST (For Integrity, Reform, Safety and anti-Terrorism) Act to the US House of Representatives Tuesday as a challenge to the White House-sponsored immigration proposal. The bill declares English the nation's official language,...

The US Department of Defense announced Tuesday that six detainees have been transferred from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and into the custody of other home countries. Two of the transfers were to Tunisia...

The Somalia transitional government offered amnesty Tuesday to the former Islamic extremist group that controlled the capital of Mogadishu last year. The declaration was announced hours after an assassination attempt against presidential spokesman...

The Supreme Court of Kuwait Tuesday affirmed death sentences for two of six Islamist militants convicted in 2005 for their involvement in a clash with police that left several people dead, but commuted the other...

Statement on the prison population delivered to UK House of Lords, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, June 19, 2007 .The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Lord Falconer of...