Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rapporteur Dick Marty testified Wednesday at the trial of American and Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Thursday ruled that the European Commission (EC) should not have overturned a Dutch law requiring all new diesel-fueled vehicles to be...
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday proposed constitutional amendments extending the presidential term from four to six years, and the term of members of the State Duma from four to five...
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday promulgated the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance which allows certain acts of "cyber terrorism" to be punishable by death. The ordinance covers a variety of cyber crimes, including unauthorized...
Crime victims gained a higher profile in Californias criminal justice system on Tuesday with voter approval of Proposition 9 , also known as the Victims Rights Protection Act of 2008. The only winner among three criminal justice initiatives,...
Rights groups filed a writ petition with the California Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to invalidate a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 , which was approved ...
A collective of Saudi citizens began a 48-hour hunger strike Thursday to protest what it called the illegal detention of 11 political reformists and to call for judicial reform. The protesters, who include Saudi lawyers, scholars, and...
An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide in Darfur could derail the peace process in Sudan according to a statement by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet on Wednesday....
Vietnamese Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong on Monday asked the country's National Assembly to consider reducing the number of crimes subject to the death penalty. Cuongs proposal, which would eliminate the death penalty for crimes like bribery...
Law enforcement officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Wednesday arrested Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric on suspicion that they committed genocide by engaging in the capture and execution of 1700 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...