The United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Appeals Chamber on Wednesday reversed the acquittal of Vojislav Šešelj by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and convicted him for...

A UN report published Tuesday detailed the conditions of thousands of people are being held in Libya, describing them as human rights violations. According to the report, released by the Office of the High Commission for...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that the French government may proceed with a case in which local Uber managers are facing criminal charges for running an illegal taxicab service. In 2014, the French...

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday filed a motion with the president of the Court's Pre-Trial Division seeking a ruling on whether the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya...

The Belfast City Council voted on Monday to decriminalize abortion upon requests from Amnesty International, Family Planning Association and Both Lives Matter . The council passed the motion with a 34-15 vote and five abstentions....

South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-president Lee Myung-Bak on Monday with a slew of corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. These charges make him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda called Sunday for an end to the violence that has recently taken place in the Gaza Strip and raised the possibility of ICC prosecutions against Israel...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed concern over renewed violence and reports of chemical weapons attacks against civilians in Douma, Syria. According to Guterres, he has received reports of airstrikes and shelling, violence resulting in civilians' death,...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to...

David Kaye , the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Catalonian leaders. Kaye said:I am...