The Croatian government signed a treaty Friday to finalize its accession into the European Union . Croatia will now officially become the twenty-eighth member of the EU in 2013. The signing ceremony consisted of speeches...
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Two Japanese whaling groups filed suit Friday against US-based anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington . The Institute of Cetacean Research...
Former Yugoslav intelligence officer Dragomir Pecanac was convicted Friday on a charge of contempt for failing to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The charges were...
A lesbian couple filed suit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Hawaii challenging the state's denial of same-sex marriage . Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) signed [JURIST...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Thursday on two consolidated issues regarding Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban. The first was an appeal from...
UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights , James Anaya , on Thursday urged Argentina to strengthen protection of human rights, rights to education and land ownership for indigenous groups as well as to establish sorely needed dialogue...
Former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic , after previously refusing to enter a plea in any of the charges against him, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges linked to the...
The UK Home Office Government Equalities Office on Thursday announced the UK's first ever government action plan promoting transgender equality . The plan stated that there was a 14 percent rise in transgender-related hate...
Malawian Justice Minister Ephraim Chiume said Thursday that President Bingu wa Mutharika has ordered the Malawi Law Commission to review several controversial laws, including a law banning homosexual acts. Chiume stated that the review was in response...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. , the court heard arguments on the ability to patent under 35...
