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Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Zimbabwe to assess the Scope and Impact of Operation Murambatsvina, UN Special Envoy on Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe, July 22, 2005 [report condemning "Operation Restore Order," an initiative implemented by the government of...

In a report released Friday the UN condemned "Operation Restore Order," an initiative implemented by the government of Zimbabwe to reduce crime by razing urban slums. Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive...

Thailand's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that a security decree passed by the Cabinet Tuesday giving Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra new power to deal with an insurgency in the country's Muslim south should be abolished....

Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court today refused to address the ruling of a lower court that dissolved a Vermont civil union . The Supreme Court did not judge the merits of the legal claim...

Following up a story reported this morning in JURIST's Paper Chase, states have already begun responding to the US Supreme Court's decision to grant Congress the power to criminalize the growth and use of marijuana for personal...

The US House of Representatives Wednesday passed a $34 billion Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act , which provides funding for anti-terrorism programs and an overhaul of the current terrorism warning system . If the bill becomes...

Recent UN Security Council resolutions setting up sanctions against Sudan and referring criminal actions in Darfur to the International Criminal Court have led to protests and heightened tensions in Darfur, according to UN Assistant Secretary-General...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations , the New York Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Department of Homeland Security , saying DHS unlawfully...

Pursuant to a Security Council resolution passed Thursday, the International Criminal Court has received several boxes of evidence on alleged war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region collected by the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur [Commission report,...

Sudan over the weekend formally rejected UN Security Council Resolution 1593 authorizing the International Criminal Court to conduct investigations and prosecutions of individuals alleged to have committed war crimes in the...