An appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a man seeking to recover damages because of a false rumor that he was gay. The court noted...
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Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng urged the US on Thursday to "try harder" to promote the rule of law in China . Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) ,...
Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday rejected the prosecution's application for an arrest warrant against Sylvestre Mudacumura , a field commander in the Democratic Forces...
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka told reporters on Wednesday that former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko may face additional criminal charges, including charges relating to the 1996 shooting of lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban and...
The Italian Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Germany does not have to compensate Italian victims of Nazi war crimes. The ICJ ruled in favor of...
Judge Carl Barbier for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana signed a case management order on Wednesday outlining the structure for the upcoming trial of Gulf oil spill ...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday ruled that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , which defines marriage as between one man and one...
The Moldovan government should enact coherent anti-discrimination legislation to ensure equal treatment of men and women, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice said Wednesday. Kamala Chandrakirana, the chair...
Egypt's state-of-emergency will come to an end on Thursday when a two-year extension on a law authorizing broad government powers of arrest and detention expires. Individuals who have already been sentenced or detained under the less-restrictive requirements of the...
The European Commission on Thursday referred Germany to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for not complying with the EU Data Retention Directive . The Commission is asking the court to impose...
