The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. Liberian police do not carry weapons because principle responsibility for security still rests with United Nations p...
Royal Courts of Justice 皇家高等法院Vicki: Hello and welcome to On the Town from BBC Learning English. Im Vicki. Oliver: 大家好，我是Oliver，在每期的《城市掠影》节目中，我们都会为您介绍一个有意思的地方，今天...
Hi, Kyra. Yes, and it's not only victims of the church actually wants to call its hotline, it also believes that some priests might call the hotline themselves. It is of course anonymous, to basically report themselves and say that they have things l...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Alison Des Forges was an American-born human rights expert and historian. She was one of fifty people killed in a plane crash on February twelfth near her hometown of Buffalo, New York. She was sixt...
By Jela de Franceschi Washington 22 September 2009 The U.S. Justice Department's decision to launch a criminal probe of the CIA's interrogation methods has caused a stir in Washington. Most Democrats back the investigation, while most Republicans op...
A group of prominent international war crimes experts is calling for an inquiry into the behavior of Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups during the Jewish state's recent offensive in Gaza. The group signing the open letter to U.N. Secretary...
The European Union said Friday its justice mission to Kosovo would be up and running next week. The mission aims to mentor Kosovo's transition since it declared independence from Serbia earlier this year. European Union policemen wearing the bloc's...
The government of Senegal is angry over arrest warrants issued by a French judge against senior Senegalese officials in connection with a ferry disaster off the West African coast. Senegalese say the French judge acted outside his jurisdiction, but...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 06 November 2007 Pakistan's ousted Supreme Court chief justice has urged his supporters to protest the country's emergency rule, using a mobile-phone link to address a rally by the legal community. VOA's Barry Newhouse rep...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 23 May 2007 Monica Goodling, a former Department of Justice official and aide to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, 23 May 2007 Monica Goo...
