International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday announced plans to present two cases against as many as six individuals who “bear the greatest responsibility” for the violence following the 2007 Kenyan presidential election . In March, the ICC’s pre-trial chamber granted the chief prosecutor authority to launch the investigation into crimes against [...]

A human rights expert told the UN Friday that Sudan is not prepared for its January 9 self-determination referendum that could divide the country in two. Mohamed Chande Othman, a Tanzanian judge and independent expert on the Sudan human rights situation, presented a report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva warning that Sudan [...]

Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz called on Serbia and other governments Monday to increase efforts to find and arrest former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic . Brammertz said failure to arrest Mladic would send war criminals the message that if they avoid capture long enough, the [...]

Police in China’s Shanxi province in arrested seven individuals , including the executive of a dairy company, after that company’s powdered milk was found to contain melamine, according to Monday reports. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk from China was blamed for the deaths of six infants, and the Chinese government promised that all tainted product would [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report Monday absolving the FBI of charges that agents conducted investigations of domestic groups based on their exercise of First Amendment rights. The report criticizes the FBI for beginning investigations on weak factual predicates, continuing investigations longer than necessary, inappropriately retaining [...]

The Malaysian Court of Appeals on Monday dismissed an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s refusal to throw out the sodomy charges against him based on allegations that his accuser had an affair with the prosecutor. A three-man panel ruled that, under Section 3 of the Court of Judicature [...]

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law, combating corruption and improving transparency in a speech published by the government Sunday. During the speech, delivered last month at a national conference on government administration, Wen explained that the proper adherence to the rule of law is an important step [...]

A man found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 1985 Air India bombings was found guilty Saturday of perjury. Inderjit Singh Reyat was the only person convicted for his role in the 1985 terrorist attacks where bombs were planted in suitcases aboard airplanes leaving Vancouver. One bomb went off in Japan’s Narita airport, killing [...]

A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday sentenced Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , to six years in prison. Ahari was sentenced to three-and-half-years for warring against God, known in Islamic law as Moharebeh, two years for conspiracy to commit a crime and [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday heard oral arguments in the appeal of a district court ruling that ordered the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Olud Slahi . The three-judge panel indicated that it is inclined to order that the case be reconsidered , also suggesting that [...]