Senegalese prosecutors have charged Karim Wade, the son of Senegal's former president Abdoulaye Wade , with corruption for allegedly embezzling USD $1.4 billion during his father's years in office. The corruption claim centers on Wade's acquisition of real...
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed concern over reports of human rights violations in the Central African Republic (CAR) . Since the Seleka coalition forces [WorldWideConflict...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that the international community must do more to prevent atrocities, during a ceremony Monday commemorating the nineteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Ban urged member states to precipitate the...
A Pakistani judge on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf on charges of detaining judges during his time in office. With the arrest warrant, Judge Shaukat Siddiqui also canceled [Guardian...
EU Commissioner of Justice Viviane Reding spoke out on Wednesday against Hungary's failure to reinstate judges and prosecutors who had been forced into early retirement. Last November the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down...
The Iraqi Justice Ministry executed 21 individuals on Tuesday who were convicted of terrorism. The men were convicted under Article 4,of Iraq's anti-terrorism law, which includes the use of improvised explosive devices, assassinations of doctors and kidnapping...
The UN Independent Expert on human rights in Somalia on Wednesday urged the Somali government to continue efforts to strengthen the country's justice system in the wake of Sunday's attacks on the Supreme Court complex ....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday considered California's ban on psychotherapy practices intended to convert gay teenagers into straight teenagers. The three-judge panel heard arguments [San Jose...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases . In Salinas v. Texas the court considered the boundaries of the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent prior...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Missouri v. McNeely that the Fourth Amendment may require a warrant for a blood test in a drunk-driving investigation. The divided court...
