Human Rights Watch calls on U.S. President George W. Bush to immediately close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Thousands flee fighting in northwestern Central African Republic, as a result of government raids to hunt down rebels

The new chief U.N. prosecutor of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal urges for the arrest of the most wanted Serb fugitives

Prosecutors in the Special Court for Sierra Leone Oppose Motion to Acquit Former Liberian President

UN Security Council Praises Seychelles Lead Against Piracy in the Indian Ocean

The European Court of Human Rights found Croatian authorities responsible for lack of investigations into the deaths of war crimes victims in 1991.

Up to 1000 British troops are to be investigated for crimes committed during the Iraq war including the torture of Iraqi citizens. 

The Sudanese Ministry of Justice announced it will review current laws granting immunity to senior government, military, police and security personnel.

Over 140,000 Rohingya children have been trapped in camps since extremist Buddhist mobs chased them from their homes two years ago, killing up to 280 people. 

Civilians in Yemen are unsafe in the face of conflict raging between Huthi militias who seized control of the capital and large parts of the country since September 2014.

Gambia announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, following similar decisions by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the institution.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities visited North Korea to learn about the condition of people with disabilities there.