International court rejects China’s claims in South China Sea
An international court ruled Tuesday that China has no legal basis for its jurisdictional claims in the disputed South China Sea. It also said Beijing was violating the Philippines’ sovereign rights by constructing artificial islands there.
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How Balkan war criminals were hunted down and brought to justice
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is the latest perpetrator to be convicted of war crimes committed during the 1990s Balkan wars. In "The Butcher's Trail," author Julian Borger examines how tough it was to hunt down those responsible for…
Russia plans to fight $50 billion lawsuit over former oil giant
With more than $50 billion on the line, Russia will appeal an international court ruling that handed down the biggest compensation package to date.
UN court orders Japan to stop whaling program
Japan has been ordered to immediately halt whaling off Antarctica, after the United Nations’ International Court of Justice voted on Monday, 12 to 4, against Japan’s JARPA II special permits, which are issued for scientific research.
Japan said it would relinquish a large cache of weapons-grade plutonium and highly enriched uranium -- enough to build dozens of nuclear weapons -- to the U.S. for disposal, just as a nuclear security summit opens at The Hague. Gwen…
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was convicted Thursday by an international war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands, for a series of atrocities, including funding rebels in Sierra Leone. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News reports on the historic verdict.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial for war crimes, denied all charges during his first day of testimony Tuesday before the three-judge Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Judges at the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, charging the sitting head of state with war crimes and crimes against humanity in the battle-scarred region of Darfur.
