The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo declared on Wednesday that any authority attempting to cover up crimes in Libya will be held accountable. In a letter sent to Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi [AFP...

Rhode Island's House Judiciary Committee sent Bill 2011-H6103 to the House floor after a 9-3 vote in favor of it on Tuesday. The bill was introduced earlier this month ...

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav had his seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault delayed Wednesday pending the completion of his appeal . The Supreme Court of Israel ...

Eight former Argentine military officers were convicted on Monday of liability for the massacre of Margarita Belen during the nation's 1976-1983 "Dirty War" . The massacre involved the...

Lawyer for former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday appealed his December conviction and requested that an Investigative Committee open a probe against Judge Viktor...

Belarus's Minsk City Court on Saturday sentenced former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau to a five-year maximum security prison sentence for organizing protests following the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile, JURIST news...

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil unanimously recognized legal rights for partners in same-sex civil unions on Thursday. Through the ruling, gay couples in "stable relationships" now have...

Human rights experts from the UN Commission for Human Rights on Friday called on the US to disclose further details on the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden [WP obituary;...

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court on Monday, shortly before he was to begin a seven-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault ....

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ended the country's 48-year-old state of emergency, following the legislature's approval of the bill earlier this week. In several decrees issued Thursday, al-Assad also abolished the Supreme...