Co-prosecutors for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) submitted their first introductory submission Wednesday, referring factual allegations of 25 instances of murder, torture, unlawful detention, forced labor, as...

Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers again refused Tuesday to testify in front of the US House Judiciary Committee regarding the allegedly political firings of eight US attorneys . In a letter to...

The US policy of deporting legal immigrants convicted of crimes has separated an estimated 1.6 million children and adults and resulted in the permanent exile of permanent residents for even non-violent misdemeanor offenses, according to a report...

A court sitting at London's Old Bailey on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Muhid, Umran Javed, and Mizanur Rahman to six-year prison terms for inciting murder and racial hatred during a February 2006 protest against the republication...

An Indian TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities) court on Wednesday sentenced three defendants to death for their roles in the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257 people and injured more than 700 in India's financial center....

In re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 PA 71, Michigan Supreme Court, July 18, 2007 . Read the...

Forced Apart: Families Separated and Immigrants Harmed by United States Deportation Policy, Human Rights Watch, July 17, 2007 [finding that the mandatory deportation of legal immigrants convicted of crimes, including non-violent misdemeanors offenses, has separated an estimated 1.6 million children...

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has obtained a new legal team for former Liberian President Charles Taylor , appointing on Tuesday Courtenay Griffiths, QC as lead counsel and...

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday reversed a 2003 ruling awarding 190 million yen (approximately $1.56 million) in compensation to 13 Chinese plaintiffs injured by World War II-era chemical weapons left in China by the Japanese military....

A group of children of Holocaust survivors have filed a class action lawsuit against the German government in an Israeli court, seeking German financial contribution to an annual $10 million therapy fund for approximately 15,000 to 20,000 so-called second-generation...