The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 1918 , calling on member states to criminalize piracy under their domestic laws and urging Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consider an international tribunal for prosecuting piracy. In...
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The Chinese government announced Tuesday that it has lifted a ban on entry into that country for individuals with HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases. The ban was originally implemented under the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and...
The Japanese Diet on Tuesday approved a bill abolishing the statute of limitations for murder. The new law abolishes the statute of limitations for serious capital crimes, which was previously 25 years, and extends the limitation...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday released a manual for military commission procedures under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 . The manual establishes the rules of evidence and...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Tuesday released a manual for military commission procedures under the Military Commissions Act of 2009 . The manual establishes the rules of evidence and...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Salazar v. Buono that the lower courts were wrong to ban government from transferring public land containing a religious...
Canadian House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled Tuesday that members of Parliament have the right to seek uncensored Afghan detainee documents from the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper . The historic ruling...
Iraqi detainees were repeatedly tortured in a secret prison in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. HRW says that detainees held at the Muthanna facility, run by Iraqi authorities, were hung upside-down, deprived of air, kicked,...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Salazar v. Buono that the lower courts were wrong to ban government from transferring public land containing a religious...
The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously approved Resolution 1918 , calling on member states to criminalize piracy under their domestic laws and urging Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consider an international tribunal for prosecuting piracy. In...
