Australia's Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion on Tuesday rejected a call from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz to create specific targets to improve the treatment of...
On Friday, twenty-two members of the so-called Sunflower Movement were acquitted of charges related to their 2014 occupation of the Legislative Yuan. The activists were protesting plans to pass a trade deal with China....
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania reached a settlement with the School District of Lancaster Tuesday over the placement of newly arrived 17 to 20-year-old immigrant students. The lawsuit states that the students,...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman that a New York state law that prohibited sellers from applying a surcharge to customers who paid with a credit card regulated...
The Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) filed a lawsuit on Thursday in the US District Court of Massachusetts against former Haitian Mayor Jean Morose Viliena alleging he committed crimes against humanity in...
The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would prohibit cities in the state from passing so-called "sanctuary" laws limiting how local government groups cooperate with federal immigration agencies. The bill defines a sanctuary policy...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that members of the Libyan National Army (LNA) may have committed war crimes in Benghazi on and around March 18. Benghazi has been center of stand-off between the LNA and...
The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday making it easier for certain veterans to obtain firearms. The bill adds a requirement that declaring a veteran mentally defective for purposes of restricting their ability...
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia released a report on Wednesday that accuses Israel of establishing "an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole." Apartheid is an international crime through...
The UK House of Lords passed an amendment to the EU Notification of Withdrawal Bill Tuesday that gives the Parliament the ability to approve the negotiations of the UK's exit from the EU. The upper...
