The Mexican Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a law permitting first-trimester abortions in Mexico City does not violate the Mexican Constitution . The...
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Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic again refused to enter a plea on Friday to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International Criminal...
A federal jury on Thursday acquitted former US Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr. of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the first civilian trial for crimes allegedly committed by a member...
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Thursday that a national referendum on his proposed reforms to the country's constitution will be held on December 7. If approved, the reforms would distribute more of Bolivia's land and...
Lawyers blocked streets in the major cities of Pakistan on Thursday to demand the reappointment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges removed last year by...
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday threatened to ignore any arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court . Bashir, speaking to legislators Wednesday in semi-autonomous southern Sudan, said he would...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has suspended the war crimes trial of Serb nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj pending an appellate ruling on whether the...
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Wednesday submitted requests to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNCLCS) to claim exclusive harvesting rights to an area of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island, a...
A Bosnian immigrant to Norway accused of mistreating Bosnian Serbs imprisoned during the 1992-95 Bosnian war went on trial Wednesday in Oslo, marking the start of the first war crimes trial to take place in Norway since World...
The US Justice Department (DOJ) has asked federal judges in Florida and Washington, DC, to give lenient sentences to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , who has cooperated in the prosecution of several legislative and executive...
