South Korean prosecutors Friday questioned Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee about allegations of corruption, including accusations that Samsung maintained a $200 million slush fund to bribe prosecutors, judges and civil servants. Former Samsung lawyer...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Friday called on 12 countries, including Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon, to join the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as the organization prepared to hold a...

Letter on the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, US Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence J.M. McConnell, April 2, 2008 ....

The Russian State Duma , the country's lower house of parliament, voted 363-8 Friday to approve new restrictions on national referendums, despite a universal walk-out by all 57 Communist Party members. Referendums...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Friday that he will restore Pakistan's constitution , ensure the supremacy of the country's parliament, and preserve judicial independence . Speaking at a news conference commemorating the death of...

The UN disability rights treaty will take effect on May 3, 30 days after the 20th country ratified the treaty. Ecuador became the 20th signatory of the pact Thursday after it opened...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers announced in a joint statement Thursday that they have teamed up to provide experienced defense attorneys to defend seven or more...

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff joined forces Thursday to speak out against the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 in...

PKK v Council, European Court of First Instance, April 3, 2008 [ruled that the Council of the European Union improperly listed the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) on its list of terrorist organizations in 2002 because it failed to state...

Prosecutor v. Ramush Haradinaj et al., International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Trial Chamber, April 3, 2008 . Read the full text...