The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday found Nedjo Samardzic guilty of committing crimes against humanity and escaping from prison during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and sentenced him...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday unanimously ruled against US Securities and Exchange Commission corporate governance regulations that require mutual fund...
A panel of 11 members of the German parliament began its investigation into the role of German intelligence in the war in Iraq Friday. The committee will focus on 30 questions posed by the Free Democratic Party,...
The United Nations has expressed disappointment in the US decision not to run for a position on the new UN Human Rights Council . Spokesmen for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan...
Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Muhammad said Thursday that he had been tortured after United States authorities transported him to a Moroccan prison for interrogation. Muhammad is a suspected al Qaeda member and is charged with conspiring...
Ruling on petition by Kizza Besigye challenging the presidential election of 23 February 2006 in which President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was declared elected, Uganda Supreme Court, April 6, 2006.Text:The Petitioner, Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, who was one of the...
A bill reflecting what was heralded as a key compromise on immigration reform has stalled in the US Senate. By a margin of 38-60 senators voted Friday morning against a motion ...
Serbia has promised to deliver fugitive Bosnian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by the end of April, according to a...
Canadian Conservative Party Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that he intends to fulfill a campaign promise and hold a free vote in the Canadian Parliament about whether to revive debate on a federal law permitting same-sex...
The UN human rights chief in Haiti has accused the interim government of imprisoning 4,000 people "preventively" for months or years without facing charges or trials. According to Thierry Fagart, the human rights field officer in...