Ukrainian authorities should review the conviction of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , says a resolution passed Thursday by the European Parliament that called her imprisonment "a violation of human rights and an abuse...
READ MORE ▸
Lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged al Qaeda facilitator on Thursday filed a case against Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights for torture and secret detention at a CIA-run location...
The American Center for Legal Justice (ACLJ) and 105 members of Congress filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court Thursday urging the court to take up a Florida case challenging the...
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Luis Moreno-Ocampo , confirmed Friday that there has been informal contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi ,...
Lawyers representing women who claimed discrimination by Wal-Mart filed an amended lawsuit Thursday narrowing their claims to California stores of the retail giant. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District...
Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (INR) , the body charged with investigating Nazi and communist-era crimes, on Thursday announced a new probe into Nazi crimes aimed at tracking down living Nazi perpetrators. The investigation, opened by the branch...
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA...
Proposals for amendments to an Egyptian political corruption law were criticized by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday for their potential for abuse . HRW reports that the amendments, proposed by the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers [official...
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill on Wednesday that establishes a truth commission to investigate human rights abuses from 1946 to 1988. The bill must now be...
An Argentine court on Wednesday sentenced 12 former military and police officers to life in prison for crimes against humanity. The defendants were charged and convicted of various crimes that took place in the...
