Humanitarian and relief non-governmental organizations (NGO) are currently unable to effectively meet the needs of eight million Iraqi refugees as a result of Iraq's poor legal framework, according to a joint report issued Monday by Oxfam and...

The court-martial of the last US Army serviceman charged in the March 2006 rape and murder of a 14-year old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") began Monday. Pfc. Jesse...

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts was taken to the hospital Monday after suffering a fall. Supreme Court spokesperson Kathy Arberg said Monday that Roberts fell at his vacation home in Maine...

The Iraqi Council of Representatives entered its summer recess Monday despite failing to pass constitutional amendments or legislation seen as essential to the stabilization of Iraq. A representative said that the council, which is scheduled...

Five defendants convicted for their roles in the slaughter of tens of thousands of Kurds during the 1988 Anfal campaign have filed appeals with the Appeals Chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal , Iraqi prosecutors said...

The last two remaining defendants in Ethiopia's criminal treason prosecution of individuals allegedly involved in mass anti-government demonstrations in 2005 have denied association with the opposition party Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) and are...

The Bangladeshi High Court suspended the extortion trial of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed Monday after receiving a motion from Hasina's lawyers challenging the legality of her detention under emergency laws [JURIST...

Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: 28 days, intercept and post-charge questioning, UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights, July 30, 2007 ....

The Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Monday announced the indictment of former Yugoslavia Army Captain Vladimir Kovacevic for war crimes associated with the 1991 Siege of Dubrovnik . In the siege,...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard refused to apologize for the Australian government's handling of Dr. Mohammad Haneef Monday, saying that it had not "victimized" Haneef despite holding him as a terrorist suspect for 25...