The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Murphy v. Smith that federal law requires district courts to apply up to 25 percent of the judgment to attorney's fees in prisoner civil rights suits. The...

Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that 205 detainees suspected of involvement with the terrorist organization Boko Haram have been convicted . To date, the Nigerian government has detained approximately 804 individuals suspected...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday in Class v. United States that a guilty plea does not, by itself, bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of his statute of conviction...

Peru's National Criminal Court Court B on Monday ruled that former president Alberto Fujimori must stand trial for the killings of six farmers in 1992 notwithstanding the medical pardon...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Afghan government and US military to investigate alleged summary executions committed by special forces against Kandahar civilians. The alleged executions reportedly took place during military operations spanning from...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two Fifth Amendment cases Tuesday: Currier v. Virginia , and City of Hays v. Vogt . In the Currier case , Currier faced trial for breaking and entering and...

The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Yves Bot , issued an advisory opinion on Tuesday finding the recent logging of Polish forests violates international law. In recent years, Polish authorities have...

Nils Melzer , the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, voiced his concerns regarding the Israeli Supreme Court's December 2017 denial of a petition ...

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted Attorney Alex van der Zwaan for false statements made during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Van der Zwaan was indicted for his...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Person Cecilia Jimenes-Damary is calling on the government of Libya to protect the hundreds of former residents of the town of Tawergha who are currently stranded...