The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled Monday that more than $8 million deposited by a former associate of late president Ferdinand Marcos must be returned to the Philippines government. This is the...
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning the Israeli occupation in Gaza and demanding the immediate withdrawal of military forces. The council also decided to dispatch a fact-finding mission...
National Director of Public Prosecutions and Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, January 12, 2009 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Alaska v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council [oral arguments transcript,...
A Spanish court on Monday dismissed the case against Basque Regional Prime Minister Juan José Ibarretxe . He and the two leaders of the Basque socialist party were charged with illegally communicating with the banned Batasuna party, the...
Corruption cases are increasing in Russia and now account for about 1.5 percent of recorded crimes there, First Deputy Prosecutor General Alexander Buksman reported in an interview printed Monday in the newspaper...
The Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa on Monday reinstated charges against political leader Jacob Zuma , overruling the decision of the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The court found that the...
Final arguments began Monday in the trial of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori for alleged human rights abuses during his 1990-2000 rule. The prosecution contends that between 1991 and 1992, Fujimori was aware of...
US President-elect Barack Obama said during an interview broadcast Sunday that he has not ruled out prosecuting officials for rights abuses committed under the Bush administration. Asked whether he would appoint a...
Turkish police on Sunday arrested 12 more people and detained an additional 33 in an investigation of an alleged plot to overthrow the government of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . The arrests on Sunday follow...