Falconer defends human rights law
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The government is "unashamed" of the Human Rights Act, Lord Falconer is set to say.
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LONDON - A British parliamentary committee accused the government on Sunday of breaking European human rights law with its curbs on terrorism suspects and urged it to do more to prosecute suspects ...Comment
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House GOP leaders have stepped in to help a Democratic congresswoman who is facing a discrimination lawsuit, arguing that lawmakers are shielded under a clause in the Constitution that was derived from British parliamentarians concerned about royal persecution.
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Civil-liberties lawyers Wednesday defended a book about Cuba that omits references to Fidel Castro's communist government, as a judge asked them to compare the work to a hypothetical book about Adolf Hitler that didn't mention the Holocaust.
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Analysis Lawyer calls for urgent domain dispute reform
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From Salman Rushdie to Monty Python,  free speech even if offensive is worth protecting, Britain&#39;s  interior minister said on Wednesday, defending a knighthood for  Rushdie which has drawn protests from Muslims.
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Democratic societies have the right to defend themselves against terrorism but must also respect laws and human rights &#151; or they risk endangering the very freedoms they want to protect, Pope Benedict XVI said Friday.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta's sovereignty over its own waters.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta&#39;s sovereignty over its own waters.
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Foreign detainees being held in Britain are challenging the country's anti-terrorist legislation, under which they could be held indefinitely, at the European Court of human rights, The Guardian reports.
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Sir Menzies Campbell kicks off the Lib Dem conference with an attack on the government's human rights record.
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The U.N. human rights chief expressed concern Wednesday at recent U.S. legislative and judicial actions that she said leave hundreds of detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment.
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Former home secretary Jack Straw has defended Britain's release of ex Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet on health grounds in 2000, but admitted being annoyed at his recovery on returning home.
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Law Lords are to rule on how far the government can restrict human rights in its bid to combat terrorism.
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LONDON, Feb. 11 -- The spiritual leader of the global Anglican church on Monday defended controversial remarks that Britain should consider formally recognizing aspects of Islamic law, but conceded that his choice of words in broaching the issue may have been misleading.
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The chairman of the United Nations new human rights watchdog on Sunday presented members with "take-it-or-leave-it" rules of working to include periodic scrutiny of all states, even those on the Security Council.
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The class-action bar is going global as prominent plaintiffsâ firms embrace international human rights law, in what critics say is a move motivated by money.