The head of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) expressed concern Saturday about increased human rights violations by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo , particularly those in...

US President George W. Bush signed a bill Friday to help monitor US congressional pages by expanding the supervisory House Page Board to include a former page and a current or former page's parent....

The governor of Texas signed an executive order Friday making that state the first to require that girls be vaccinated for human papilloma virus (HPV) , which is the primary cause of cervical...

The UN Working Group of Experts on People of Africa Descent Friday called for a global ban on racial profiling at the conclusion of its annual 5-day session . The group urged "states...

Lt. Col. Colby Vokey, the US Marine defense coordinator for the western US, told the Associated Press Friday that his paralegal, Sgt. Heather Cerveny, has been accused of having made a false statement by Army Col. Richard Basset. Bassett...

The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland ruled Friday that people with serious mental illnesses may be permitted to commit physician-assisted suicide under certain conditions. The decision recognized "that an incurable, permanent, serious mental disorder can...

The US military announced Friday it has drafted new charges against three high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees. Col. Morris Davis (USAF) , chief prosecutor for the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, said that...

In re: Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation, US District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr., US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 2, 2007 [ruling that the US Army Corps of Engineers can be sued by victims of Hurricane...

National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Court of Appeals, February 2, 2006 [ruling that an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman also prohibits Michigan public employers from offering...

US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson resigned Friday in the aftermath of a backlash to remarks he made in a radio interview last month criticizing lawyers...