The Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), Ethiopian troops and insurgent forces were responsible for "rampant violations of the laws of war" during fighting between March and April 2007 in the vicinity of Somali capital Mogadishu, according to...

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) on Sunday urged Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to "negotiate" with the US government for the immediate release of Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . In a letter...

Iraqi prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi announced additional charges Monday against Saddam Hussein's cousin and former Iraqi defense minister Ali Hassan al-Majid for the violent response to the predominately Shi'a uprising in southern Iraq...

A senior judicial official in Iran said Sunday that prosecutors have completed their investigation into two Iranian-American scholars who have been detained since May. Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Haddad said that the two scholars - Dr. Haleh Esfandiari ...

Canadian Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin told the Canadian Bar Association Saturday that access to the country's legal system needs to be more affordable. She said "the price of justice should not be so dear" and...

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told the American Bar Association annual meeting Saturday that he was unhappy with the outcomes of several key Supreme Court cases last term, but said that he still has...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Saturday praised Justice Department officials working in Baghdad for their "commitment to the rule of law" and their work to protect "the rights and liberties of Iraqi citizens."...

A few weeks before passing the Protect America Act 2007 , members of Congress were briefed by intelligence officials that intercepts of foreign-based communications had declined to 25 percent of previous levels due to oversight...

The American Bar Association (ABA) is considering a resolution urging President George W. Bush to reconsider his July 20 executive order on interrogations, which two ABA committees say allows the Central Intelligence Agency...

The Cuban government on Friday paroled dissident Francisco Chaviano Gonzalez , after the former president of the Cuban National Council for Civil Rights served 13 years in prison. Chaviano was sentenced to 15 years in prison in May...