The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) began the substantive portion of the first trial of a former Khmer Rogue leader Monday when Kaing Guek Eav was brought...
The Tokyo District Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit filed by 172 teachers and school personnel who were punished for refusing to sing the national anthem and salute the flag at school events. The school staff...
Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry returned to work Tuesday after being reinstated earlier this week and immediately called for members of the Pakistani judicial system to put an end to corruption...
Iranian blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi reportedly committed suicide Wednesday after serving one month of a 30-month prison sentence for insulting Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei . Both the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHR)...
The Vermont State Legislature on Monday began a series of week-long hearings on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in the state. The bill, "An Act to Protect Religious Freedom...
The UN on Monday appointed five new judges to serve on the UN Dispute Tribunal, and seven new judges, including one American, to the UN Appeals Tribunal. The tribunals were authorized in 2007, pursuant to...
The UK government's independent reviewer of terror laws on Sunday called for a judicial inquiry into British complicity in US rendition and torture. The reviewer, Lord Carlile of Berriew , specifically cited the case of...
Judge Robert Cleland of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday ordered journalist David Ashenfelter to attend a second deposition to answer questions regarding unnamed sources he used in connection with a...
China's Information Office of the State Council issued its now-annual report on violations of human rights in and by the United States Thursday a day after the US State Department scolded China ...