US Attorney General Eric Holder overruled Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers who believe the District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009 pending in Congress violates the Constitution, the Washington Post...

The US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this year, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and US Permanent Representative to the UN Susan Rice ...

The US House of Representatives approved Tuesday a bill that would limit the government's ability to compel reporters to disclose confidential sources by delineating conditions under which it may do so. The Free Flow of Information Act...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended its February decision Tuesday barring former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother from holding elected office, pending the high court's final...

A Russian court heard arguments Tuesday at the start of the trial of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev on embezzlement and money laundering charges...

A Thai court on Tuesday ordered demonstrators to allow limited access to Thailand's seat of government in response to a complaint filed by the Office of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva . The Bangkok Civil Court issued an injunction...

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Tuesday held that the judges of the Constitutional Court acted lawfully in filing a grievance against Cape Judge President John Hlophe...

UN Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs Pamela O'Brien apparently signaled a shift in official UN position by expressing sympathy for Rwanda's desire to try any remaining genocide suspects in Rwanda after the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Gross v. FBL Financial Services , in which the Court will decide whether a plaintiff must...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed into law a bill which significantly reduces women's rights, including legalizing rape within a marriage, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Critics allege that Karzai signed this bill, which...