Chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz said Friday that Croatia must make additional efforts to assist in investigations of war crimes during the 1991-1995 Balkan war [JURIST...
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The US House of Representatives voted 229-186 Friday to approve a defense spending bill containing an amendment to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy [10 USC § 654; JURIST...
An Indian court on Friday charged Sajjan Kumar , a former member of the Parliament of India in the ruling Congress Party , in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots . Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday refused to order a new evidentiary hearing in the case of five Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay ....
The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday denied a request by former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to be released from jail while awaiting his trial next month. Noriega claimed that he is...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld Arizona laws barring former felons from voting until the completion of probation and the payment of outstanding fines. The Arizona Constitution prohibits...
Australian Environmental Protection Minister Peter Garrett announced Friday that the Australian government will file suit against Japan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking an injunction against "scientific whaling" in the Southern...
US President Barack Obama held a press conference Thursday to announce new regulations to mitigate future oil spill disasters and the current plan of action for resolving the crisis created by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil...
The US House of Representatives and the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday advanced compromise legislation to repeal the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy , sending it to a vote...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released its 2010 Annual Report , highlighting a "global justice gap" caused by influential governments avoiding accountability for human rights abuses. AI was critical of the actions of the Group...
