Thousands of Paris police officers are enforcing a new ban on public rallies in the French capital "likely to start or fuel disorder" declared under emergency powers granted to local authorities in the wake of widespread rioting...

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Friday voted 7-2 to approve the country's new Electoral Guarantees Law, establishing clear rules to prevent incumbent presidents who run for re-election from exploiting their power for political gain. The announcement follows last...

Two UN legal experts from the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees will travel to North Korea later next week to conduct a legal training session designed to improve understanding of UN treaties...

The Haitian Electoral Council ordered Friday that the names of two Haitian-born US citizens, Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra, be taken off the ballot of authorized candidates for the country's upcoming presidential election . The decision is...

The Federal Court of Canada has announced that it will hear the asylum appeal of US deserter Jeremy Hinzman . In January 2004, days before his scheduled deployment to Iraq, Hinzman deserted the US army and...

Delegates from over 120 member states of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) concluded their tenth annual, five-day Conference of the State Parties at The Hague Friday, and agreed ...

Attorneys for US Representative Tom DeLay have requested internal communications from Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle in an effort to uncover information showing opposition to indicting the congressman. DeLay's legal team...

Theodor Meron, president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , said Friday during a visit to Belgrade that the tribunal is becoming impatient with Serbia's "endless delays" in handing over war...

The Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled to allow a law that prohibits criticism against the king and blocks private radio stations from broadcasting news programs. Last month, King Gyanendra approved the ordinance ...

The Pentagon has refused to allow expert witnesses to testify at the upcoming military commission hearing for Australian terror suspect David Hicks , a decision that his US military lawyer...