A federal jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday found Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout guilty of four counts of conspiracy connected...
The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) on Tuesday urged key national and international players to address residual issues to ensure that the legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leona (SCSL) will be...
The first Croatian Minister of Internal Affairs Josip Boljkovac was arrested Wednesday for war crimes committed from 1945-1946. Boljkovac, 89, was arrested near his home in Karlovac in connection with the deaths of fascist soldiers and sympathizers post World...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday denied a court-appointed bankruptcy trustee from seeking damages from banks and third parties for the victims of Bernard Madoff's...
Tunisian courts will review a request for the extradition of former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi placed by the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) on November 8, according to a statement made Wednesday by al-Mahmoudi's lawyer...
Egypt will amend its constitution to allow citizens living abroad to vote in parliamentary elections, according to a Wednesday report by state-run media outlet Al Ahram. Chairman of the High Commission for Elections [official...
Lawyers charged with defending detainees at Guantanamo Bay said Tuesday that procedures and practices employed by the US government make it impossible for them to do their jobs. In a letter directed to the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld the convictions of five men for conspiracy to provide support to terrorist group al Qaeda in planning attacks in the US....
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday issued a letter to each school district in Alabama to serve as a reminder that they must provide equal access to public education for all children, regardless of...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Tuesday. In Rehberg v. Paulk , the court considered whether government officials who act as "complaining witnesses" to initiate a...