The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday added war crimes to the charges against Momcilo Mandic, the former Bosnian Serb justice minister in the wartime government under Radovan Karadzic [ICTY case...
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A court in Serbia issued a new international arrest warrant Monday for Mirjana Markovic , the wife of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic . The court issued the warrant because Markovic on multiple occasions has failed...
Making the first US appearance before the UN Human Rights Committee in more than a decade, American officials on Monday defended their position that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights does not govern many...
Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer has signed the controversial anti-terrorism bill which the country's parliament passed on June 29, but says he will allow the country's constitutional court to...
The US House of Representatives Monday approved a bill by voice vote that would make a 2000 treaty between the US and Russia effective to protect the future of the world's polar bears (Ursus maritimus) [backgrounder;...
Democratic Party officials in Missouri filed a class-action lawsuit Monday seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of a new state law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls...
The Supreme Court of Chile has upheld a lower court's ruling stripping former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity, allowing a homicide case against him to proceed. The court's public relations office announced Monday that...
ICTY chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and EU diplomats have criticized a new Serbian plan to arrest war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic as too vague, although they acknowledged "positive elements." The...
British Home Secretary John Reid announced Monday that he is banning four groups under the UK Terrorism Act 2006 . The UK-based Al-Ghurabaa and the Saved Sect , as well...
The government of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is planning to introduce a new law that will clear victims' names and "correct" trial records in an effort to bring justice to victims of former Spanish...
