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An international court to prosecute crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes should be created by the European Union (EU) , the participants of the Prague Crimes of the Communist Regime Conference said in a joint...

UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Wednesday praised the increasing number of countries that have suspended or abolished the death penalty . Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in...

The Venezuelan government is continuously violating basic human rights , particularly freedom of expression, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the Organization of American States (OAS) said in a report released Wednesday. The...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project , the court heard arguments on whether...

Reconciliation in Liberia hinges on the development of its national security and its legal institutions, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon emphasized in a new progress report released Monday. The UN report recognizes...

Hamsa Subramaniam discusses the knowledge she gained as a 2008 Clinton Fellow at SAATHII, an HIV/AIDS technical assistance organization in Chennai, India...In 2007, the World Health Organization reported that 2.3 million people above the age of 15 are infected with...

The Bangladesh government announced on Tuesday that prosecutors and investigators for the country's war crimes tribunal should be appointed by the first week of March. The tribunal will be used to conduct fair and transparent trials for...

The European Commission (EC) announced on Monday that it will withdraw trade benefits from Sri Lanka because of alleged human rights violations in the country. The decision to limit trade advantages comes after a year-long...

Representatives from the African Union/United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) met with members of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA) and the Darfur Compensation Commission Wednesday to discuss the compensation of Darfur [JURIST news...

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will begin his second term in office on November 19, 2010. Rajapaksa won re-election last week with an 18-point victory over his opponent,...