The US House of Representatives on Monday unanimously passed a resolution denouncing the actions of the Islamic State (IS) as "genocide" and calling for the establishment of international and domestic tribunals by UN...
Indiana activists on Monday delivered a petition to the Indiana statehouse urging Governor Mike Pence to not sign HB 1337 , which they claim places overly burdensome restrictions on abortions. The bill requires practitioners to get...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged the African Union to establish a hybrid court to prosecute members of the South Sudan government for war crimes committed in the Western Equatoria region. HRW said that there...
Seven families living in Flint, Michigan, filed a class action lawsuit against Governor Rick Snyder on Monday alleging gross negligence in connection to the lead-contaminated water. The suit, filed under the Safe Water and Lead-Free...
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to continue enforcing of its rule aimed at suppressing air pollution caused by mercury as well as other...
A 53-page report published Thursday by the UN states that even though civilian casualties in eastern Ukraine have decreased, despair among those in the conflict area has grown. Speaking about the report , UN High Commissioner for...
A UN human rights body was urged Monday to place more of a focus on women in disaster reduction and relief measures. Speaking to a special convention on the relationship between gender and disaster reduction and climate...
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Germany may place "residence conditions" on refugees. The case was brought by a Syrian couple who, upon arriving in Germany, were made aware that as...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday expressed "serious concern" at the recent adoption of security measures by several European countries by joint agreement . The measures were adopted at a...
The Utah Senate on Monday voted to advance Senate Bill 73 , which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in various forms such as vapor or edible form. The bill allows for dispensaries to...
