Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said in an interview with Reuters reported Monday that the US has lost international influence due to its position on the Iraq war and the its record on the rights of Guantanamo detainees , among other issues. "The Iraq war has weakened the moral authority of [...]

Anonymous officials revealed Monday that a US-European coalition has backed down from earlier threats to refer Iran to the UN Security Council to account for its allegedly unsafe nuclear program. The officials say the decision not to have the 35 member-countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) refer Iran at a meeting this Thursday [...]

Following up on a report earlier today in JURIST's Paper Chase, Kenyans voted Monday in a divisive referendum that officials said proceeded relatively smoothly, despite minor incidents in Nairobi's largest slum and various allegations of bribery. Voters came out to support or oppose a proposed new constitution that critics claim fails to limit presidential powers [...]

The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs revealed Monday that it is investigating reports that a plane allegedly used by the CIA to transport terror detainees landed at a Canadian airport last week. Montreal newspaper La Presse said the plane departed from Iceland heading towards Canada, landed in St. John's in Newfoundland on Friday, then returned [...]

Russian authorities said Monday that two Chechens accused of murdering the editor of the Russian version of Forbes, American Paul Klebnikov, in July 2004 will soon face trial, in a statement published on the website of the Prosecutor General . "In the course of the criminal investigation it was established that the murder was carried [...]

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposed terrorism law faced stiff opposition when it reached the House of Lords Monday. Conservative leader Lord Strathclyde has vowed peers will look at the controversial legislation on "a line by line basis" and some lords indicated that they will move to include a 90-day detention period for terror suspects. [...]

In an interview with Reuters reported Monday, Chief Justice Rizgar Mohammed Amin of the Iraqi High Criminal Court , also known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal, trying Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants played down security concerns despite the assassination of two defense lawyers , the flight of another out of the country , and having [...]

The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic has been further delayed due to Milosevic's poor health, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Judge Patrick Robinson announced Monday. The trial was set to resume Monday after being delayed since last Wednesday due to Milosevic's on-going health problems, but the ICTY's own head physician submitted a [...]

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday denied that the US Central Intelligence Agency has maintained any covert prisons in the country and has offered to allow investigations of two military bases used by the US military. In an interview in Paris Monday, Basescu announced, "I am categorical – there are no such prisons in Romania." [...]

Ukraine's Justice Minister Serhiy Holovatiy Monday appealed a Friday court ruling that reinstated Svyatoslav Piskun as Ukraine's prosecutor general. Piskun was fired by President Viktor Yushchenko , allegedly for investigating the finances of Yushchenko's wife , but was reinstated after a court found his dismissal illegal. Yushchenko claims the termination occurred because of "ineffective work" [...]