El Salvador defended its 1993 amnesty law in a hearing Wednesday before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) dealing with the country's failure to investigate the 1980 murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero ....
An Argentinean court sentenced former military chaplain Christian von Wernich Tuesday to life imprisonment for participating in seven homicides, 34 cases of torture and 42 cases of kidnapping during the Argentina's Dirty War [Global Security backgrounder;...
The International Court of Justice issued an opinion Monday resolving a maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras and granting possession of four small Caribbean islands to Honduras. Nicaragua filed...
The government of Cuba Thursday detained at least forty protesters who gathered outside the Ministry of Justice to demand humane treatment for the country's estimated 250 political prisoners. All but one of those detained were released...
Haitian President Rene Preval Tuesday declared his intent to continue investigating former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier , despite the latter's recent plea for forgiveness from the people of Haiti . Duvalier, who became president in 1971...
The Supreme Court of Argentina has ordered the government to provide the indigenous people of the Chaco region with basic necessities while it investigates claims that their land has been illegally sold to...
Protesters in Buenos Aires on Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Jorge Julio Lopez , who is believed to have been kidnapped after testifying against Miguel Etchecolatz in the latter's trial [JURIST...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) heard oral arguments on the legal status of detainees at Guantanamo Bay on Friday, pursuant to a petition to renew precautionary measures initially granted in March...
The office of the German Federal Prosecutor Friday declined to investigate a war crimes claim against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other high-ranking US...
A UK special court ruled on Friday that two Libyan men suspected of involvement in terrorist activities could not be deported to Libya , overriding an agreement between the two governments. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission ...
