Canadian officials are considering whether to deport an American sex offender who reached a plea agreement with a US judge allowing him to serve probation in Canada . Malcolm Watson, a former teacher at a...

The British judge presiding over the trial of 13 men arrested and charged in connection with the alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound jetliners over the Atlantic urged...

A UN human rights investigator expressed concern Friday that the US Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) would lead to lower worldwide standards regarding interrogation techniques and trial procedures for noncitizen detainees. Martin Scheinin [academic...

Chilean federal judge Alejandro Solis ordered the arrest of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Friday on charges in connection with 36 cases of kidnapping, 23 cases of torture and a single case of homicide at...

A new domestic violence law took effect in India Friday, with some women's rights advocates welcoming it and others warning that the landmark legislation would not be adequately enforced. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence...

Four Chinese judges are facing trials for accepting bribes to fix the outcomes of cases in the province of Anhui . The charges coincide with statements by Chinese President Hu Jintao -...

A UN General Assembly committee voted Thursday to begin work on a new treaty aiming to set uniform standards for global arms trade despite vocal opposition from the United States. The treaty would be directed at securing international cooperation...

The government of Ethiopia has confirmed a report made last week that its security forces killed 193 people during election protests in May and in November last year. Mekonnen Disasa, a member...

The Supreme Court of Israel Thursday rejected an appeal by Palestinian villagers who claim that a 6-kilometer stretch of the border wall currently being built will separate them from their...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is keeping 4 acquitted genocide suspects in custody because no other countries were willing to accept them, the court announced Friday. The suspects acquitted by the court...