A blue-ribbon California civil justice commission comprised of lawyers, judges, and academic, business, labor and community leaders has called for interpreters to be made available in civil as well as criminal cases in California courts. The California Commission on...

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the European Union can require member states to criminally prosecute companies that violate EU environmental laws. The decision was made in response to a...

Nepali police Tuesday detained at least 250 pro-democracy activists - including a former deputy prime minister - for defying a ban on demonstrations in the Kathmandu city center. Protestors from seven major political parties took to the streets to...

The president of Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) , a national independent statutory government body, cautioned Tuesday that the country's proposed new anti-terrorism measures could violate human rights and said the legislation needed...

Sunni Arab negotiators Tuesday requested that the UN guarantee a fair referendum on the draft Iraqi constitution , while expressing frustration and rejecting the latest version of the charter. Sunni negotiator Hussein al Falluji...

The Ukrainian Constitutional Court Tuesday approved by a 10-4 margin a draft law that would alter the country's constitution by limiting presidential authority while strengthening parliamentary control. The measure, to take effective on January 1, 2006,...

Italy's highest court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday permitting the extradition of Hussain Osman , also known as Hamdi Issac, a suspect in the failed July 21 London bomb attacks . Osman, who is...

Transcript of Day 1 of confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, Jr., nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 12, 2005. Read the full text transcript as provided to AP by by CQ...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah approved government plans Monday to set up an "independent human rights commission" which would "protect human rights and spread awareness about them...in keeping with the provisions of Islamic law." The decision was made...

The number of detainees on a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay terror detention camp has increased to at least 128, a US military spokesman said Monday. Eighteen detainees are being force-fed intravenously as the hunger...