Jordan demonstrated a poor human rights record in 2006, according to a report released Tuesday by the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR) . The report singled out for particular criticism the country's controversial...

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva Tuesday approved a law permitting abortions during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. The Portuguese parliament passed the law last month after a February referendum on...

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine Tuesday delayed a scheduled hearing on the legality of an April 2 decree by President Viktor Yushchenko dissolving parliament and calling for...

JURIST has been recognized as an Official Honoree in the Law category in the 2007 Webby Awards . The 11th Annual "Webbys" received a record 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 US states. Only sites...

President George W. Bush will sign off on a bill providing funding for studies on embryos incapable of further development, but will refuse to endorse legislation that would subsidize stem cell research , the White House announced...

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled Tuesday that a British woman could not have frozen embryos conceived with a former partner implanted without his consent. Natallie Evans and...

The position of UN Special Adviser for Genocide Prevention will be made permanent to solidify UN efforts against genocide, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced in a speech marking the 13th anniversary of the 1994...

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Tuesday that the Malaysian government would not compel bloggers to register with the state, noting that existing laws and regulations were sufficient in case action needs to be...

The US House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Tuesday for US Justice Department documents relating to the firings of eight US Attorneys . In a letter accompanying...

Serbia's war crimes court found four members of the Scorpions paramilitary group guilty of murder Tuesday for their role in the 1995 slaughter of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica . The charges were based on video...