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Homicide rates in Central American countries, including El Salvador and Honduras, are reaching a "crisis point," according to a Thursday UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report detailing global rates of homicide. The report...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to correct an imbalance in its investigations and prosecutions of war crimes and human rights violations. In a 50-page publication titled "Unfinished...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday criticized the US execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia a day earlier, saying that the sentence violated international law. Pillay said that the US...

The Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Thursday released their final report on the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power, declaring the coup unconstitutional, but...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the planned execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia . When Leal Garcia was arrested for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, he...

The US Department of Justice Friday filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court in an attempt to stay the execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia . Leal Garcia's defense...

The governments of Mexico and several other countries, along with the Anti-Defamation League filed amicus briefs on Thursday in support of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) class action lawsuit against Georgia's new...

Ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya signed an agreement Sunday allowing his return to the country after nearly two years in exile. The agreement, brokered by the Venezuelan and Colombian governments, was...

A Honduran court on Monday dismissed the two remaining charges of conspiracy against former president Manuel Zelaya , allowing him to return to the country. The ruling could lead to Honduras being readmitted to the...

A Costa Rican court on Wednesday found the country's former president Miguel Angel Rodriguez guilty of corruption charges and sentenced him to five years imprisonment. Rodriguez, who also served as Secretary General of the Organization...