The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for crimes against humanity and war crimes stemming from his involvement in the conflict in...
A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Wednesday signed an order rejecting Texas' attempts to halt Syrian refugee resettlement in the state. The order provided a factual...
A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. The...
A Bahraini court on Tuesday issued a three month suspension of the group Al-Wefaq. . The court found that the group has engaged in "terrorism, extremism, and violence." The ban is pending a verdict to determine...
Venezuelan government officials on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to deny a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro proposed by opposition leaders. Following the declaration by the National Electoral College (CNE) that more than 600,000...
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that non-EU immigrants who illegally enter the Schengen area across an internal border should not be jailed solely on that basis. They can, however, be returned...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged the Iraqi government to "take immediate measures to ensure that" those fleeing the city of Fallujah are "treated in strict accordance with international human rights...
A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice submitted an advisory opinion Tuesday finding the July 2014 EU economic sanctions against Russia legally valid. In response to a challenge by Russian oil and...
Te Cambodian parliament voted Monday to allow the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to open an investigation into opposition leader Kem Sohka regarding his alleged involvement with a prostitute. Many have called this move an attempt by the Cambodian People's...
US President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Vietnam Tuesday pressing the government on human rights concerns in the nation. Stating that he was not intending to single any one nation out, Obama commended Vietnam on...
