The UN Human Rights Council in an emergency special session in Geneva Friday adopted by majority vote a resolution condemning Israel for violating international human rights laws in the ongoing Middle East conflict involving Lebanon. Twenty-seven of the 47 states with Council seats supported a slightly-amended final version of the measure, with 11 voting against, [...]

France has consented to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a dispute with the East African country of Djibouti over an investigation into the alleged assassination of a French judge in 1995. The case is now on the ICJ case list . In January, Djibouti asked the ICJ to take the [...]

The CIA reported in documents filed Thursday in the leak case involving former vice-presidential chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby that it has turned over to Libby's defense team redacted summaries of originally-classified daily presidential briefings. The defense sought the summaries to support Libby's contention that he was so busy with security matters around [...]

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have arrested six election officials in Kinshasa for electoral fraud after an opposition group alleged widespread irregularities in July's presidential election . Authorities allege that the officials were "caught red handed" tampering with ballots. Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Commission , has launched full [...]

Turkish lawyer Alpaslan Aslan, on trial for the murder of a Turkish judge , caused a courtroom commotion Friday when, during the opening of his trial, his request to leave court to pray was denied, and he was forcibly restrained by courtroom guards when he attempted to leave. The prosecution has requested four consecutive life [...]

A judge in Kentucky ruled Friday that executive immunity protects Gov. Ernie Fletcher from prosecution for alleged corrupt hiring practices while he is in office. Fletcher pleaded not guilty in June to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Special Judge David Melcher [...]

Katerina Ossenova : "Kosovo is at a remarkable moment in history, witnessing both state-building and interaction and cooperation between the world's largest international organizations. My internship position for the summer is with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), at the Department of Justice, Legal Policy Division. UNMIK was created by United Nations Security Council [...]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has restricted the authority of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct by limiting the penalties that the commission can impose to discipline judges without the court's approval. Under state law , the Commission is made up of nine members: three judges appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court, three members of [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other rights organizations have called for a "full and immediate investigation into abuses at Louisiana correctional facilities" during and after Hurricane Katrina last year. In a scathing report released Wednesday, the ACLU described foul conditions for prisoners held at Orleans Parish prisons. The ACLU found that prisoners were [...]

British banking officials froze the assets Friday of 19 suspects believed to be involved in a terrorist plot to blow up multiple planes traveling from UK airports to various destinations in the United States, while also making those suspects' identities publicly available. UK police officials initially announced the arrests of 21 suspects Thursday, though it [...]