The US military plans to turn a new medium-security building at Guantanamo Bay into a maximum-security facility and enhance security in its existing structures at the military detention center, according to deputy commander Brig....

A US Special Forces team in Afghanistan allegedly abused and killed two detainees in their custody and then coordinated their stories so that superior officers in the chain of command never discovered the incidents, the Los Angeles Times reported...

Human rights groups have called on the UN Human Rights Council to support an "independent international human rights monitoring mechanism" to guard against human rights violations and alleged disregard for civilian casualties in fighting between Sri Lanka...

Already braced for a Congressional hearing Monday on its admitted use of 'pretexting' , technology giant Hewlett Packard Co. announced Friday that Board Chairman Patricia Dunn will resign immediately , rather than in January...

A range of rights groups, military lawyers and legal scholars Friday ripped into the deal on military commissions legislation reached Thursday between top Senate Republicans and the White House. American Civil Liberties Union [advocacy...

A federal jury in North Dakota sentenced a man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a college student to the death penalty Friday after almost two days of deliberation. Convicted sex offender Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was originally...

The Parliament of Nepal passed a law Friday that formally divests King Gyanendra and the royal family of power over the Nepalese Army. Friday's legislation affirmed parliament's proclamation ...

US v. Lane, US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, September 22, 2006 [ruling that US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) cannot serve concurrently as both a senator and a military judge because it violates the US Constitution's separation of...

Rule of Law Symposium address, Lord Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General for England and Wales, September 16, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

Members of the European Parliament's Human Rights Subcommittee expressed concern Friday that the human rights situation in Turkey is worsening, saying they heard increased accounts of torture, abductions and other abuses during...