Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said in an interview with Reuters reported Monday that the US has lost international influence due to its position on the Iraq war and the its record on...

Anonymous officials revealed Monday that a US-European coalition has backed down from earlier threats to refer Iran to the UN Security Council to account for its allegedly unsafe nuclear program. The officials say the...

Following up on a report earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, Kenyans voted Monday in a divisive referendum that officials said proceeded relatively smoothly, despite minor incidents in Nairobi's largest slum and various allegations of bribery. Voters...

The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs revealed Monday that it is investigating reports that a plane allegedly used by the CIA to transport terror detainees landed at a Canadian airport last week. Montreal newspaper La Presse [media...

Russian authorities said Monday that two Chechens accused of murdering the editor of the Russian version of Forbes, American Paul Klebnikov, in July 2004 will soon face trial, in a statement published on the website of the...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposed terrorism law faced stiff opposition when it reached the House of Lords Monday. Conservative leader Lord Strathclyde has vowed peers will look at the controversial legislation on "a...

In an interview with Reuters reported Monday, Chief Justice Rizgar Mohammed Amin of the Iraqi High Criminal Court , also known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal, trying Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants played down security...

The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic has been further delayed due to Milosevic's poor health, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Judge Patrick Robinson announced Monday. The trial was set...

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday denied that the US Central Intelligence Agency has maintained any covert prisons in the country and has offered to allow investigations of two military bases used by the US...

Ukraine's Justice Minister Serhiy Holovatiy Monday appealed a Friday court ruling that reinstated Svyatoslav Piskun as Ukraine's prosecutor general. Piskun was fired by President Viktor Yushchenko , allegedly for investigating the finances of Yushchenko's wife [JURIST...