North Korea would consider return to nuclear treaty if US threats dropped
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has said that North Korea would consider returning to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty if the US stops threatening the country, a Russian envoy who recently met with Kim said...
Russia approves resolution to withdraw from Estonian border treaty
The Russian government approved a resolution Tuesday that authorized its formal withdrawal from the Russian-Estonian border agreements, the next-to-last phase that Russia must complete in order to satisfy international legal standards on the withdrawal from a treaty. The Russian-Estonian...
Diplomats at an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency are working Thursday on a resolution that expresses "serious concern" over the restart of Iran's nuclear program , but stops short of asking the UN...
Former 'comfort women' demand justice, compensation from Japan
Protesters in cities across Asia Wednesday urged government officials in Japan to apologize for the actions of the Imperial Army and compensate women forced into sexual slavery in brothels run by the Japanese military before and during...
UN official says UK proposal to deport extremists could violate international law
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak said Tuesday that British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to deport Islamic extremists is likely to result in violations of international human rights law. While such laws prohibit...
JURIST Guest Columnist W. Michael Reisman, McDougal Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, says that the current debate over expansion of the UN Security Council is not as critical as many diplomats and activists make it out to...
The UN General Assembly's Sicth (Legal) Committee restarted work on a treaty against international terrorism Friday, motivated by a rash of recent attacks in Egypt and Great Britain. Moroccan Ambassador Mohamed Bennouna said that the committee "has...
International brief ~ UN peacekeepers found guilty of sexual abuse in Burundi
Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN spokesman Penangnini Toure has announced that two UN peacekeepers serving in the UN Mission to Burundi peacekeeping force were found guilty of breaking the UN's new, strict code governing sexual conduct of...
Senators working on bill to define rules for wartime prisoners
Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John Warner (R-VA) are drafting a bill which would provide clear and uniform rules for detention, interrogation and prosecution of prisoners during wartime, according to a new...
Egyptian security officials hedged Saturday on their willingness to comply with a request by British officials for the extradition of Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa el-Nashar, currently detained in Cairo in connection with the July 7 bombings in London ....
