The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition was celebrated Sunday, coinciding with the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024) . Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina announced on Sunday that he has no plans to resign, despite accusations of corruption from the UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and widespread protests in the nation calling for...
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed the Youth Mental Health Protection Act into law on Thursday prohibiting licensed therapists from attempting to change the sexual orientation of anyone under 18 years of age. State Senator...
An independent UN human rights expert on Friday commended Mauritania for adopting a new law that establishes harsher sentences for slavery crimes, urging full implementation. The law adopted last week by the Mauritanian National Assembly doubles prison...
A women in Petrer, Spain was fined 800 Euros ($885) on Monday for taking a photograph of a police car parked in a handicap spot and posting it temporarily to her Facebook page. The Citizens' Security Law [text, PDF,...
The Supreme Court of Missouri on Tuesday ruled that a statute prohibiting convicted felons from possessing firearms does not violate the Missouri Constitution's right to bear arms. The appellant, Santonio McCoy, was convicted...
The Supreme Court of Washington on Thursday ordered the state to pay a fine of $100,000 per day for each day that it fails to comply with a previous court ruling mandating adequate funding of public...
The Greek Parliament on Friday approved a three-year bailout package for about 85 billion Euros ($93 billion) just days before the country is due to repay debt to the European Central Bank. Without a bailout package, Greece...
Kosovo's Parliament approved the creation of a war crimes court on Monday which will investigate alleged war crimes committed by ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 guerrilla war. Members of parliament also passed laws to create the office...
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday announced they have submitted a revised bid claiming over 350 nautical miles of Arctic sea shelf to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)...
