Unocal to Settle on Human Rights Case
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Oil giant Unocal Corp. has reached an agreement in principle to settle human rights lawsuits involving allegations of enslaved labor during a 1990s pipeline project in Southeast Asia, a company spokesman said.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean appeals court ruledMonday that murder charges against former Chilean dictatorAugusto Pinochet in a major human rights case filed this monthcan move forward.
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The gesture comes as the Bush administration is weighing whether to sponsor a resolution criticizing China's human rights record at a U.N. meeting next month.
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Unocal Corp. has agreed to settle two  closely watched lawsuits accusing the U.S. oil giant of turning  a blind eye to human rights abuses that occurred during the  construction of a pipeline in Myanmar, it said on Monday.
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The United Nations new human rights watchdog agreed on Wednesday to send a high-level mission to Sudan's Darfur to probe allegations of worsening abuses against the civilian population.
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the conduct of negotiations, saying the same standards had been applied to all previous candidates. &quot;We must be sure that human rights are respected.
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The UN says it will discuss the issue of child abuse by UN troops, following allegations uncovered by the BBC.
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The United Nations new human rights  watchdog agreed on Monday rules for working that oblige all  states -- even members of the Security Council -- to submit to  periodic scrutiny of their records.
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The Chilean ruling on Peruâs former president, Alberto Fujimori, could set a precedent for human rights cases.
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Libya&#39;s supreme court said it would issue its final verdict next month on six foreign medics on death row for allegedly infecting children with AIDS, but an official involved in the case said an out-of-court settlement could be reached as early as this week.
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MIAMI There&#39;s word of a tentative settlement in a case brought by Holocaust survivors against the US government for the plundering of a Nazi gold train in World War Two.
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UNAIDS and the Global Coalition for Women and AIDS to mark world Human Rights Day on Friday concluded their gender violence activism campaign, which aimed to raise awareness of the &quot;links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV infection
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Acacia Research Corp  said its unit  agreed with Oracle Corp to resolve a pending lawsuit  covering patents relating to portable storage devices with  links.
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Home Depot, the US home improvement store chain, has agreed to pay $5.5m (Â£3m) to settle a discrimination case. Home Depot denied any wrongdoing, saying it has &quot;a zero tolerance policy&quot; towards discrimination
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A police officer settles a claim for racial discrimination against his force ahead of an employment tribunal.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 8 -- The United Nations has delayed the release of a quarterly report on human rights in Iraq to avoid criticizing Washington and Baghdad while they are seeking to rally congressional and international support for the war effort, according to U.N. officials.
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The Hague Tribunal is under pressure. As a body established by the UN, it is bound by the UN's decisions.