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JURIST Guest Columnist John Quigley of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law says that although the ICC may be reluctant to investigate the situation in Syria due to the difficult questions the Court would have to address, an...

The UN General Assembly voted on Thursday to condemn Syria through a non-binding resolution . The resolution supports a plan advanced by the Arab League that aims...

A Tunisian court on Tuesday dropped charges against former Libyan prime minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi for illegally entering the country, but the former figurehead under the regime of Muammar Gaddafi ...

Syrian authorities on Thursday released 552 prisoners as a part of the country's agreement with the Arab League . The prisoners were detained due to allegations that they were involved in "terrorist" activities. While...

The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 12 other human rights groups issued a statement on Friday urging the government of Tunisia not to extradite former Libyan prime...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon issued a statement on Friday, chastising both the government of President Bashar al-Assad and violent protesters regarding the continuous bloodshed in Syria. Approximately 44 people [Al...

The UN Committee Against Torture expressed concern Friday over allegations of human rights violations in Syria, including the torture of children, and requested a report addressing these matters. Claudio Grossman, who currently heads the committee, said [press...

Syrian governmental forces have been committing crimes against humanity , including torture and unlawful killings of anti-government protesters in Homs, Syria , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Friday. According to...

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced Tuesday that the death toll of Syrian protesters has exceeded 3,500 despite last week's signing of a peace plan sponsored by the League of...

The UN and the League of Arab States on Saturday released statements condemning violence in Syria after an estimated 40 people were killed in protest-related encounters this week. UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon issued...