The International Criminal Court should expand its investigation into the disappearances and killings of more than 1,000 people leading up to Kenya's 2007 election , Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday....
The presidents of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday presented their respective annual reports to the UN General Assembly ,...
The Uruguayan House of Representatives voted 50-40 Thursday to revoke a 25-year-old amnesty law , which prevented investigations, adjudications and human rights prosecutions of military junta officials during their regime between 1973-1985....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reemphasized Wednesday the importance of accountability issues in Sri Lanka related to conflicts with the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) . The comments came during a meeting with Mahinda...
Michigan Attorney General Bill Shuette , joined by four other states, on Wednesday asked the US Supreme Court to require the US Army Corps of Engineers to accelerate a study on ecological separation...
An Indonesian court announced Wednesday that it would reduce the 15-year prison sentence being served by a radical Indonesian cleric. A spokesman for the Jakarta High Court confirmed without elaboration that the chief judge reduced the jail term to...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday in an appeal by US citizen and convicted terrorist Jose Padilla to reinstate his unlawful detention suit against several government officials. Padilla,...
Four candidates were named Tuesday as potential successors to International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo when his nine-year term expires next year. The Search Committee for the position of the Prosecutor of the...
Son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi have reportedly attempted to leave Libya in an effort to surrender themselves to the International Criminal Court...
Former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta was arrested Wednesday on five counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. The charges come in connection to his relationship with Raj Rajaratnam...