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The Illinois Senate on Wednesday voted 32-24 in favor of a bill legalizing same-sex civil unions . The vote comes a day after the Illinois House of Representatives voted 62-51...

Colorado voters struck down a ballot initiative Tuesday that would have amended the state's constitution to extend rights to fetuses and would have effectively outlawed abortion . Proposed Amendment 62 [Project...

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Sunday marked the 8th World Day against the Death Penalty , specifically urging the US, Iran and China to end the death penalty . French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner...

Romana St. Matthew-Daniel : "In its 2003 report on the administration of justice in Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea: At the Crossroads ) the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) uncovered little respect...

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on Sunday urged Kenya to reaffirm its commitment to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [case materials; JURIST news...

US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice on Thursday signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . The move came after US President Barack Obama announced [JURIST...

US journalists Laura Ling and Seung-eun Lee were sentenced on Monday in North Korea's Pyongyang Central Court to 12 years in labor camps . The journalists were arrested in March for allegedly...

The Washington State House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 62-35 to approve a bill granting same-sex couples the same rights and benefits of married couples in the state. The law effectively construes statutory gender specific...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a former US Marine against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) after ruling...

A former US Marine filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that US Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) defamed him and violated his constitutional rights by suggesting that he had participated in killing innocent Iraqi civilians. In a...