The Prosecutor v. Yussuf Munyakazi, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 28, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported...

Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey, US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 30, 2008 [upholding the validity of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states or towns with histories of racial...

A Croatian district court judged convicted a retired Croatian general of war crimes Friday for failing to prevent his soldiers from torturing and killing Serbs and destroying their property during the Croatian War of Independence. Retired Gen. Mirko Norac...

Rwandan justice officials Friday criticized a decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) denying a motion to transfer an accused genocide leader to the Rwandan court system for trial. An...

The US and Libya have agreed to find a way to speed compensation for families of Americans who were killed by acts of terrorism authorized by the Libyan government, both countries said in a statement issued by the...

Ten US state attorneys general have petitioned the Supreme Court of California to postpone implementation of its May 15 decision legalizing same-sex marriages until after state elections in November. California is...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday defended the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in the face of a resolution by the Icelandic parliament calling...

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that a major provision in the 2006 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) is constitutional. The court's decision in...

The Beijing Judicial Bureau has refused to renew the licenses of a number of Chinese human rights lawyers before a Saturday deadline, a China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group official said Friday. The bureau originally...

Connecticut filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical distribution giant McKesson Corp. in US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Thursday, accusing the company of violating federal anti-racketeering laws by inflating drug prices for state-funded health...