The international war crimes court at The Hague found Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo guilty on Wednesday in its first ever ruling after a decade of work limited largely to Africa while major cases elsewhere remain beyond its reach.

Brazilian prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a former military official for his role in a crackdown that led to the forced disappearances of five guerillas during the country's dictatorship.

A Guatemalan court convicted a former soldier for his role in a 1982 massacre and sentenced him to more than 6,000 years in prison.

The Arab League chief says the Syrian regime’s killing of civilians amounts to crimes against humanity and is calling for an international inquiry.

A Brazilian newspaper is reporting that federal prosecutors are investigating cases of forced disappearances during the country's 20-year military dictatorship.

A bill seeking reparation for victims has languished in East Timor's parliament since 2009.

International judges in The Hague are hearing a complex case this week that boils down to a single and unusual question: which country has the right to try Hissène Habré, the former president of Chad, who has been indicted in two nations in connection with political killings, torture and a host of other brutalities.

While the trials against members of the military and police for human rights abuses committed during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship move ahead, the regime’s economic crimes have also begun to come to light. More than 600 businesspersons lost their property to the dictatorship.

Amidst ongoing discussion over finalizing transitional justice mechanisms, an association of families of the persons made to disappear by the state during the conflict has announced protests to pressure political parties to take initiatives to search for the missing and punish those responsible.

A U.N. expert panel on Friday handed diplomats a confidential list of names of alleged perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya.