The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Tuesday that the trial of the surviving Khmer Rouge leaders will begin on Monday, November 21....

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the release of approximately 200 political prisoners by Myanmar's president, while urging the government to release all political prisoners in accordance with the rule of...

Amnesty International (AI) urged Malawi on Friday to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country on Saturday and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases. In Blueford v. Arkansas , the court will decide whether the Double Jeopardy clause prevents the re-prosecution...

An Obama administration legal memorandum from last year found that the killing of US citizen and senior al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki would only be legal if it were not feasible to...

California Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act into law on Saturday, expanding financial aid to undocumented students. Under AB 131, high achieving students who are in the process of applying...

Jury selection began on Tuesday for terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , the Nigerian accused of attempting to bring down a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear on...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on authorities to end the hate speech and discrimination against the Roma migrants in Bulgaria. The UN human...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Friday acquitted two former Rwandan ministers, Casimir Bizimungu and Jerome Bicamumpaka, of genocide charges due to a lack of sufficient evidence. This decision is the most high-profile...

A CIA drone strike in Yemen on Friday killed senior al Qaeda leader, US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki . The strike marks the US government's most successful attack against al Qaeda since the raid...