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In Kenya, secret government edicts ensure that millions face discrimination when they try to secure access to nationality and basic rights. But a new case before the High Court in Mombasa is chipping away at the practice.

Like Sudan's Bashir before him, Libya's Qaddafi will now have to contend with a possible International Criminal Court investigation.

In another unexpected detour at the Charles Taylor war-crimes trial, the Liberian president's own counsel faces disciplinary charges.

In an unprecedented decision, a court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has convicted four military officers on charges of rape and terrorism as crimes against humanity.

Although the war-crimes trial of Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has received scant attention so far, it represents a major success story for international justice and for victims in the Congo.

The International Criminal Court tries the most notorious war criminals. But it can only handle a finite number of cases, leaving thousands of crimes unpunished. The Fizi rape trial shows how local courts can fill the void.

As a groundbreaking mobile court trial continues in Congo, a community confronts ingrained social stereotypes and the stigma of rape for seemingly the first time.

It was supposed to be the final week of the war-crimes trial of the former Liberian president. Then oddly familiar theatrics cast a pall of doubt over the proceedings and raised new questions about the trial's future.

In far eastern Congo, where sex crimes are rampant, an innovative experiment is underway. The goal: to end the impunity and bring a measure of justice for victims.

The Obama Administration has gone out of its way to avoid appearing too insistent in calling on other governments to expand democracy and human rights. Then came Egypt.

The abduction of an innocent man, which became one of the most embarrassing diplomatic incidents in recent memory, just got a little more embarrassing for the CIA.

Mexico is struggling to leave behind an outdated and ineffective criminal justice system. One state, Morelos, has taken an unprecedented step.

Hungary’s new media laws are part of a broad partisan effort to radically reshape the country’s democracy. The European Union needs to take the challenge seriously.

Prosecutors have one final chance to convince judges that former Liberian president Charles Taylor was responsible for the horrific violence—murders, rapes, hacked-off limbs, and looting—committed by rebels during Sierra Leone's civil war.

The UK Parliament has agreed to drastically cut the police recording of stops and searches. The trouble is the figures behind the decision don't add up.

Sebastian Kohn of the Open Society Justice Initiative talked about the under-recognized problem of stateless children and the overwhelming importance of ensuring access to the very basic right of nationality.

With a landmark judgment, the European Court of Human Rights finally debunked one of the great myths about Europe's treatment of asylum seekers.

With lawyers set to deliver their closing arguments at the war-crimes trial of Charles Taylor, Sierra Leoneans are waiting for only one thing: the final word on whether he is guilty or innocent.