The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Minneci v. Pollard to decide whether to allow a cause of action against private contractors running a federal prison. The issue...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Libyan leader Mummar Gaddafi and two others in his "inner circle" on charges of...

Belarus's Minsk City Court on Saturday sentenced former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau to a five-year maximum security prison sentence for organizing protests following the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile, JURIST news...

Voters in the Swiss city of Zurich on Sunday rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide for foreigners seeking an end to their lives. The ban was aimed at stopping a phenomenon known as "death...

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday struck down the nation's Seventh Amendment which legitimized the military rule of General HM Ershad. The court declared Ershad's martial law rules, regulations and orders...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to reconsider a ruling that plaintiffs in Amnesty v. Blai had standing to sue the...

Milorad Dodik , president of the Bosnian Serb Republic, Republika Srpska , announced on Friday that he has cancelled a referendum on the legality of the war crimes court that was set to take place...

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law on Friday an "Arizona style" anti-illegal immigration bill that allows law enforcement officers to ask about immigration status when questioning suspects in criminal investigations. The law also...

UN human rights officials expressed concern Friday over rights violations in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen where governments have responded to ongoing reform protests with crackdowns and military deployments. The Office of High Commissioner for Human...

Recent revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa have demonstrated the unique opportunities that social media has created for human rights activists, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released on Friday. However, repressive governments...