Full Coverage: Law

25.02.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - The contentious debate on the death penalty -- which split the 192-member UN General Assembly last December -- is refusing to die.

20.02.2008 NEW YORK, Feb 19 (IPS) - As the United States moves towards holding death-sentence trials for six Guantanamo Bay detainees alleged to have plotted the Sep. 11 attacks, legal scholars and human rights advocates are questioning not only the six-year-long process and timing of the charges, but also whether the accused could ever receive fair trials.

18.02.2008 DENVER, Feb 18 (OneWorld) - Whatever today's election tallies show, the period of instability and government restrictions leading up to the vote in Pakistan ensure that the results will not reflect the will of the country's people, said human rights groups in the United States and Asia this weekend.

13.02.2008 Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Judicial Reforms is organising its Second National Convention on Judiciary and the Poor on February 23-24 in Indian capital New Delhi. The convention is targeting grassroots organisations to gain a better understanding of judiciaryÂ’s approach towards the poor.

11.02.2008 Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have agreed to work together to crack down on illegal wildlife trade in the region. South Asia, home to rare and prized species, is one of the prime operating areas of international organised wildlife crime networks.

07.02.2008 KARACHI, Feb 6 (IPS) - Saifullah Paracha, a Pakistani national incarcerated in the United States military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba since September 2004, suffers from a serious heart condition and may not live unless provided special care, says his lawyer.

06.02.2008 Bachpan Bachao Andolan has rescued more than 80 children from factories located in old Delhi area of the capital city in two different raids. Despite laws banning child labour in India, it continues to thrive in sweatshops across the country.

05.02.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Tuesday's election contests across the United States will offer voters some clear choices on controversial issues like water boarding, secret trials of terrorism suspects, and the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, say analysts.

01.02.2008 When Right to Information Act was passed in India, it was flaunted as a revolutionary step towards ensuring good and accountable governance. But people in rural India are not just finding it difficult to access information but also facing retribution for demanding it, says a report.