Prosecutors argued before a hearing of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Wednesday that former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav should be denied bail to prevent violence that...
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The Supreme Court of Georgia Wednesday unanimously overturned a state law that prohibited registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds and other areas where children gather. Civil rights groups...
The UN General Assembly Third Committee Tuesday approved a draft resolution imploring Iran to "respect fully its human rights obligations." The draft expressed concern about ongoing human rights violations in Iran...
UN Special Representative for the Children and Armed Conflict Unit Radhika Coomaraswamy Tuesday expressed concern about the prosecution of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , saying that prosecuting Khadr for alleged war crimes committed while...
A French judge Wednesday opened a formal investigation into former French President Jacques Chirac for his alleged involvement in a corruption scheme during his tenure as the mayor of Paris from 1977 to...
The US federal judge who presided over the Zacarias Moussaoui terrorism conspiracy case suggested from the bench Tuesday that she might order a new trial for a Muslim cleric convicted of soliciting treason, saying that she...
The UN General Assembly Third Committee Tuesday passed a draft resolution condemning the recent crackdown against political dissidents in Myanmar, calling on the country's military government to release all political prisoners and to cooperate with UN special...
Pakistani police Wednesday stopped ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry from leaving his official residence in Islamabad notwithstanding a statement by an Interior Ministry spokesman Tuesday that he and other deposed Supreme Court of Pakistan...
Pakistani officials said Wednesday that upwards of 5000 lawyers, activists and others detained in the aftermath of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule have been released. Government Law Minister Afzal Hayder said on state...
Charter of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, November 20, 2007 . Read the full text of the charter . Reported in JURIST's Paper...
