Guantanamo Bay prisoner Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz was released from detention and sent back to his home country of Mauritania, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Thursday. The Guantanamo Review Task Force, created in...
Governments must commit themselves to further action to globally improve housing conditions and urban development, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha said Thursday. Farha made the statement as she was discussing...
Fourteen members of Parliament in Vanuatu were sentenced to prison Thursday for bribery. Thirteen politicians reportedly accepted bribes of 35 million vatu (USD $312,000) from Deputy Prime Minister Moana Caracasses of the opposing party last year in...
States should protect human rights even when acting transnationally, urged UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Méndez in a statement on Tuesday. Méndez made the comments while presenting his latest report on torture ,...
The Supreme Court of India ruled Thursday that a new law intended to change the structure of judicial appointments is unconstitutional. Traditionally the Indian judiciary was appointed by a 20-year-old collegium of five senior judges,...
The Superior Court of Maricopa County on Thursday struck down a 2012 Arizona law that mandated abortion pills be regulated according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as violating the state constitution. The law...
A group of top Iranian jurists and theologians approved the nuclear deal with world powers on Wednesday, marking the completion of the last step before implementation of the deal may begin. The Iranian Parliament accepted the nuclear...
The Cairo Criminal Court found the brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri innocent of terrorism charges on Thursday. Mohamed al-Zawahri was the leader of the Jihadi Salafist group and was an ally of ex-president Mohammed...
US President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (HR 1624) into law on Wednesday. This law will amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by changing businesses with 51-100 employees...
The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursdayupheld the dismissal of a case investigating the Rwandan genocide . Spain modified its universal jurisdiction laws last year, and the court refused...
