The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday concluded its review of US compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) . The...
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UN panel urges US to address racial disparities in criminal justice system
Clergy abuse claim settlements almost double in 2007: US Catholic bishops
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Bosnian Serb ex-police officers plead not guilty in Bosnia war crimes court
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US House bill introduced to overturn EPA California emissions waiver denial
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China human rights lawyer missing, thought detained: rights group
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UN rights chief announces June resignation
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Chad president may pardon ‘Darfur orphan’ airlift workers within month
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UN rights council condemns Israel attacks in Gaza Strip
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Niger court sentences journalist to one month for criticizing judicial rulings
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Mexico Senate passes judicial reform bill
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Total payments in clergy abuse settlements nearly doubled in 2007 to reach $526 million, the highest number ever, according to an annual report by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
Two former Bosnian Serb police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to war crime charges before the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . Krsto Savic is accused of...
A bill that would overturn a decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a greenhouse emissions waiver to California was introduced in the US House of Representatives [official...
Chinese rights activist Teng Biao has disappeared and is thought to have been detained by state authorities, rights group China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group said Friday. Teng, a lawyer with close ties to civil rights activist...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Friday that she will not seek a second term when her commission ends on June 30. Arbour's decision not to seek a second term...
Chadian President Idriss Deby said Thursday that he may pardon six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children within a month. In February,...
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Thursday condemned Israel's most recent offensive in the Gaza Strip in a resolution passed by the seventh session of the HRC. The resolution, which was...
A court in Niger sentenced the editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly L'Eveil Plus newspaper to one month in prison Thursday for "discrediting" judicial rulings by publishing an article contrasting the different sentences handed down to two politicians convicted of similar...
The Mexican Senate Thursday approved a bill authorizing a variety of judicial reforms providing for public and oral trials, guaranteeing the presumption of innocence and allowing for the use of...
