EU-U.S. extradition treaty worries U.N. rights expert
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A new extradition treaty between the  European Union and the United States could be used to  legitimize extra-judicial transfers of terrorist suspects and  needs clarification, a U.N. expert said on Tuesday.
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The European Union, heavily outnumbered by African and Asian members on the U.N. Human Rights Council, on Thursday defended a new accord governing the body that has been severely criticized by the United States.
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday calling on states to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism, including extraditing
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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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BRUSSELS -- The European Union's (E.U.'s) planned software patent rules represent a major threat to interoperability unless specific exemptions are made to the legislation, participants at a conference on the issue heard on Tuesday.
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A United Nations human-rights committee has voiced its concerns that British forces do not adhere to the international treaty against torture in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The European Union condemned on Friday  the detention of terrorism suspects by the United States in  secret overseas prisons, whose existence U.S. President George  Bush first acknowledged last week.
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United Nations officials fear that Secretary General Kofi Annan may have lost the confidence of the organization&#39;s most powerful constituent, the United States.
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A U.N. human rights expert said Wednesday he found on a recent visit to Guantanamo Bay that the prison camp is not meeting international justice standards.
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LONDON, Nov. 30 -- Two British men charged with terrorism-related offenses may be extradited to the United States, a court ruled Thursday.
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A UNITED Nations human rights panel has expressed concern that British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have been breaking the global treaty against torture.
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A United Nations human rights  investigator said his visit to the U.S. military facility in  Guantanamo Bay last week left him wondering whether it would be  possible for detainees' lawyers to mount an adequate defense.
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United Nations human rights   investigators said on Thursday that legislation proposed by   President Bush for tough interrogations of foreign terrorism   suspects would breach the Geneva Conventions.
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The United States and European  Union are undermining human rights worldwide by allowing  countries with dubious elections like Pakistan and Kenya to  pretend they are genuine democracies, Human Rights Watch said  on Thursday.
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The United States apparently  violated international law in its military tribunals by using  coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism  laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N.  investigator said on Friday.
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GENEVA  - A United Nations human-rights panel expressed concern Britain limits its adherence to the global treaty against torture when it comes to its troops' actions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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The EU and the US are among those accepting flawed votes for political expediency, Human Rights Watch says.