The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in Perdue v. Kenny A. , in which the Court will consider whether an attorneys fee award under a federal fee-shifting...
Belgium urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday to compel Senegal either to begin proceedings against former Chadian president Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity or to extradite him to Belgium...
The US Navy on Friday reassigned Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler , a military lawyer who had been in charge of defending Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , after Kuebler filed a formal complaint against a military official overseeing...
US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has released a final version of a report reiterating his allegations that the Bush administration engaged in numerous abuses during the "war on terror"...
The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) announced Monday that it is dropping all corruption charges against African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma . The acting director of the...
Defense lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Monday filed a Rule 98 motion for acquittal following the close of the prosecution's case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he has ordered the review of a law which severely limits the rights of married Shi'ite women in the country. The Shi'ite Personal Status Law was enacted...
Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz said Sunday that he intends to charge former prime minister Ehmud Olmert with additional corruption charges for allegedly abusing a previous governmental post to benefit friends and business partners....
Officials in Malaysia on Sunday announced the release of 13 people who were detained under the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) , in a move called for Friday by Prime Minister Najib...
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) on Friday called on the government of Rwanda to investigate reports of killings during and after the uprising by the Rwandan Patriotic Army to end the 1994 genocide...