UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia and head of the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) Augustine Mahiga on Friday welcomed the recent presidential decree on the Somalia's...
The government of Kuwait on Thursday asked the national Constitutional Court to review the legality of the country's election law. Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Sabah stated that the decision...
Romanian prosecutors on Friday asked the country's Parliament to approve a planned criminal investigation against Victor Dobre, a former junior minister who oversaw public administration in the country's Ministry of Interior until he...
The government of Uruguay on Friday presented to its national congress a bill to legalize the production and sale of marijuana in the country. Uruguay President Jose Mujica stated that...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday heard arguments in the challenge brought by a Mississippi church against a municipal ordinance that bans churches from the city's town square. The Opulent Life Church...
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday expressed concern over the shortage of humanitarian assistance for the over half a million internally displaced people in Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people James Anaya on Thursday urged the government of Colombia to advance its negotiations with indigenous authorities in northern Cauca...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday stated that Israel should investigate the alleged mistreatment of two Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike . The lawyer for Hassan Safadi and Samer al-Barq, who have been...
The Supreme Court of New Zealand on Thursday rejected an appeal brought by anti-abortion group Right to Life . The court upheld a Court of Appeal decision regarding the capacity of the Abortion Supervisory...
Netherlands-based sports car manufacturer Spyker NV on Monday filed a lawsuit against General Motors (GM) in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan seeking $3 billion in damages....
