The Romanian High Court is expected to rules Tuesday on whether to recognize the marriage of a same-sex couple. US citizen Claibourn Robert Hamilton and Romanian activist Adrian Coman were married in Belgium and have sued to have...
Debt bondage remains the world's leading form of slavery despite being outlawed in many regions, according to a report presented Thursday by a UN human rights expert. UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery Urmila...
Israel's High Court of Justice ruled Sunday that the implementation of a law allowing the force-feeding of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikes is constitutional. The court handed down the decision after ruling against petitions filed by the Israel...
The courts in China issued a statement Monday reiterating their dedication to human rights through the reformation of their criminal laws by upholding the presumption of innocence and the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence. This reformation comes as the...
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law two bills that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030. The bills, SB 32, sponsored by Senator Fran Pavle, and AB 197, sponsored by Assembly Member Eduardo...
Irish lawmakers voted Wednesday to appeal the ruling of the European Commission that would entitle the country to almost $15 billion of unpaid taxes from Apple . Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan T.D. released a statement [press...
A three-judge panel of the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled Wednesday that when asked for public records under New Jersey's Sunshine Law, agencies may "neither confirm nor deny" their existence. The case centered around a state law, similar...
The rights coalition North Carolinians for Privacy on Wednesday dropped their case against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) challenging the federal government's restroom access policy. The case, North Carolinians for Privacy v. United States Department of Justice...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) released statements Monday condemning Ukraine's use of secret facilities to detain individuals. The two groups released a joint report earlier this summer detailing the use...
Egyptian human rights lawyer Malek Adly was released from prison Sunday following a Saturday decision by an Egyptian court. Adly had been held in solitary confinement for more than 100 days without a formal charge, and his incarceration...
