The Paris Court of Appeal Tuesday raised the sentences of nine Islamic militants convicted of "criminal association in relation with a terrorist enterprise" from nine years to the maximum of 10 years in prison. The...

The UK Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld a 2006 lower court ruling that a group of Indian Ocean islanders known as the Chagossians must be allowed to return to the group...

Ali Ahmed Kurd, a senior lawyer on the defense team for suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , accused Pakistani government lawyers Tuesday of "wasting the time of and the...

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Tuesday that the European Union should avoid any radical changes to the draft European Constitution , telling European Parliament members that a compromise on the treaty is not an...

US federal agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General conducted a joint raid on a poultry processing plant owned by George's Processing Inc. in...

The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales told a British parliamentary committee Tuesday that top judges were very concerned with the establishment of the new Ministry of Justice (MOJ) after they and the government...

Former Department of Justice aide Monica Goodling told the House Judiciary Committee in a letter Tuesday that she will not give up documents sought by the committee in compliance with a subpoena for e-mails...

The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) has issued a report criticizing Japan's justice system on a wide range of issues at the conclusion of its 38th Session . The committee expressed concern that Japan...

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), ranking member of the committee, have sent a letter to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asking him again...

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to refer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to the International Criminal Court for his role in Operation...