Bavaria's Secretary of Justice Beate Merk told reporters Saturday that the deportation of Nazi prison camp guard John Demjanjuk , does not amount to torture. Demjanjuk was recently charged with 29,000 counts of accessory to...
READ MORE ▸
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday strongly criticized the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) investigation into possible war crimes that were committed during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip ....
US President Barack Obama may lift travel and money transfer restrictions with Cuba , according to statements by administration officials Saturday. The new rules would allow Americans with family members...
A senior judge in the UK House of Lords on Friday criticized the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , saying the court has overstepped its bounds and is attempting to create a "federal...
Drug maker Pfizer reached a settlement Friday with the Nigerian state of Kano in a lawsuit over allegedly illegal clinical trials the company conducted in Nigeria in 1996. The national government and the state of Kano filed...
French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Friday that his country would accept one Guantanamo Bay detainee in a symbolic effort to aid the closure of the detention center. Sarkozy made the announcement...
Australian Minister of Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin announced Friday that the country has endorsed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples . The move reverses the position of the country's former administration on the declaration. Macklin said the decision...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday announced the appointment of South African judge Richard Goldstone to head a UN fact-finding mission to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza...
The French National Assembly voted 29-4 Thursday to accept a provision in a new bill that would cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material. Under the bill,...
The Mexican Senate on Thursday passed an amendment to the country's constitution that would permit seizure of property from suspected drug traffickers and other criminals prior to conviction. Under the proposed...
