The judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) held a plenary session Tuesday to consider revisions to the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence in which they "discussed methods to better organise...

The parliament of Nepal has unanimously adopted a resolution that would guarantee citizenship papers to children in their mother's name only, even if the father is away or divorced, and require more-proportionate representation of women in...

The Thailand Supreme Court on Wednesday stepped up its efforts to pressure Thailand's Election Commission (EC) to resign over failed parliamentary elections in April, which the Constitutional Court annulled in early May, by...

Montenegro's referendum commission Wednesday officially confirmed the results of the country's May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia , verifying that 55.5% of the population of Montenegro voting had voted in favor. Because voters...

The Law Commission , the independent legal reform body of the United Kingdom, has recommended creating limited legal rights for couples who live together but are unmarried, in a consultation paper released Wednesday titled...

Lawmakers in Afghanistan have called for the prosecution of US soldiers for a vehicle accident that killed as many as five Afghans and set off deadly riots earlier this week in the capital of...

The Conservative Party government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced new legislation in the federal House of Commons Tuesday that would set fixed dates for regular federal elections and would potentially...

A federal judge has denied a request for a temporary restraining order that would have forced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to continue a housing voucher program for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina . Without...

Shortly after a meeting with President Bush, new Iraqi ambassador to the United States and former Iraq ambassador to the United Nations Samir al-Sumaida'ie said in a CNN interview Tuesday that US Marines intentionally killed ...

Costa Rica's Supreme Court has upheld a law forbidding same-sex marriage , rejecting arguments that the law is unconstitutional. Hearing a lawsuit brought by lawyer Yashin Castrillo Fernandez, the court's Constitutional Chamber voted...