The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo declared on Wednesday that any authority attempting to cover up crimes in Libya will be held accountable. In a letter sent to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi [AFP...
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Judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday ordered a prosecutor to retract statements requesting further investigation into those responsible for war crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge [BBC backgrounder;...
Rhode Island's House Judiciary Committee sent Bill 2011-H6103 to the House floor after a 9-3 vote in favor of it on Tuesday. The bill was introduced earlier this month ...
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav had his seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault delayed Wednesday pending the completion of his appeal . The Supreme Court of Israel ...
Eight former Argentine military officers were convicted on Monday of liability for the massacre of Margarita Belen during the nation's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" . The massacre involved the...
Myanmar began releasing as many as 15,000 prisoners Tuesday as part of an amnesty program after a visit from a special envoy from the UN secretary-general, but rights groups claim the government has not gone far enough. On Monday,...
Lawyer for former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday appealed his December conviction and requested that an Investigative Committee open a probe against Judge Viktor...
A Palestinian human rights group released a report this week criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas security forces for violations of civil rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. In its newest annual report, the...
US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced a bill Tuesday amending the 25-year-old Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (EPCA) , which he authored, to require the government to obtain a warrant before searching private e-mails and...
A panel in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday denied a motion for pretrial release by former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Sary . Ieng,...
