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Two days of court-ordered mediation have resulted in a $16.65 million settlement between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee and 10 people who alleged they were sexually abused by a priest whom the diocese transferred to California,...

The Prosecutor vs. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Document Containing the Charges, Article 61(3)(a), International Criminal Court, August 28, 2006 . Read the...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday formally charged Thomas Lubanga , founder of the militant Union of Patriotic Congolese , accusing him...

Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist, was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for damaging property and "organizing a mob to disturb traffic." Chen supporters have said, however, that...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday called on all states to standardize their criminal statutes dealing with sexual predators during a speech given at the 18th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas....

The trial of blind Chinese human rights legal activist Chen Guangcheng for illegal assembly and intent to destroy public property was thrown into confusion Friday when Chinese police arrested three of his lawyers, who were accused...

The United Nations has opened an investigation into a suspected child prostitution ring in the Democratic Republic of Congo facilitated by UN peacekeepers and Congo soldiers, the UN Mission in DR Congo (MONUC) said...

Radhika Coomaraswamy , the Sri Lankan human rights lawyer now serving as UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict , said in an interview with AFP published Sunday that UN officials are very...

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Vermont Supreme Court, August 4, 2006 [ruling that Vermont civil union laws govern a child custody battle between a now-separated lesbian couple who were legally joined in a civil union in Vermont, despite conflicting decisions by Virginia...

The Vermont Supreme Court ruled Friday that Vermont civil union laws govern a child custody battle between a now-separated lesbian couple who were legally joined in a civil union in Vermont,...