The UN on Monday called for leaders of the Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to be apprehended for war crimes in southern Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between September...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began oral arguments on Tuesday regarding Serbia's request for an advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008. The advisory proceedings will include arguments from 29...
The Iranian government was accused Thursday of confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi . The government seized the medal from Ebadi's safety deposit box in Tehran and froze...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague began proceedings on Tuesday for the trial of two Congolese nationals believed to be responsible for the killings of more than 200 men, women, and...
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has begun lobbying for the UN General Assembly to pass an international treaty protecting religious beliefs and symbols from defamation, according to an AP report Friday. The...
The German Federal Constitutional Court announced Tuesday that it upheld legislation prohibiting public support and justification of the Nazi regime. The ruling, made earlier this month, means that neo-Nazis are forbidden from...
The White House announced Friday that Gregory Craig is resigning as White House Counsel and will be replaced by Bob Bauer , Obama's personal attorney. Craig's resignation , effective in January, comes after...
The Supreme Court of Kansas has announced that it may have to shut down state courts for one week every month as a result of an $8 million judiciary budget deficit created by a legislative oversight. The...
An official from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission on Friday called for a delay of the January 16 parliamentary elections, after the Iraqi Parliament remained at an impasse over updating a controversial provincial election...
An amendment to the Texas Constitution limiting government enforcement of eminent domain was overwhelmingly approved by voters on Tuesday with more than 80 percent of those polled voting favorably. Proposition 11 prohibits government...