Canada's Arar Commission , the official judicial inquiry into the circumstances under which Canadian Maher Arar was detained in the US in 2002 and removed to Syria where Arar says he was tortured, recommended...

Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam was found guilty of genocide Tuesday at the conclusion of a 12-year in absentia trial. Mengistu and 72 other former officials were charged with genocide, imprisonment, homicide, and illegal confiscation of...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit late Monday postponed the date former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling must report to prison so that the court can consider Skilling's request that he be...

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday rejected an attempt to force the government to hold a public inquiry into the UK's decision to go to war in Iraq . Two mothers of soldiers appealed a...

The European Court of First Instance on Tuesday annulled a decision by the Council of the European Union to freeze the assets of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) [organization website;...

The government of the Australian Capital Territory on Tuesday introduced revised legislation that would grant legal recognition to same-sex partnerships but would stop short of authorizing same-sex marriage . ACT Attorney General Simon...

Saddam Hussein will be immediately executed and possibly buried in secret if his death sentence is approved by the court currently considering his appeal , according to an Iraqi government official speaking to AFP on...

US District Judge Lawrence Karlton said Monday that the state of California has six months to remedy overcrowding in the state's prison system, which is 70 percent overcapacity with 173,000 total inmates, before he will decide whether...

The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has settled child sex abuse lawsuits with about 150 people, court-appointed mediators US District Judge Michael Hogan and Oregon Circuit Judge Lyle Velure announced [news...

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday urged the US not to abandon "its own ideals and objectives" in the war against terrorism, stressing that "human rights and the rule of law are vital to global security...