Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill known as the Reproductive Parity Act (RPA) into law on Wednesday, which will require insurers in the state of Washington to provide coverage for elective abortions and contraception if...
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into custody Tuesday morning for questioning regarding allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi . The questioning...
The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a report on Thursday condemning the pervasive sexual and gender-based violence that has occurred over the past six and a half years in the Syrian conflict. The...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Monday ruled that a transgender student must be permitted to use both the restroom and locker room that is "in alignment with their...
The Romanian Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a law that would have allowed politicians to own their own private businesses. The bill, known as Law no. 161/2003 ,...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting , a case concerning bankruptcy courts' power to recover fraudulent property transfers. The matter originated with Merit Management Group's 30percent...
A large group of law firms and prominent law professors, led by David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP, alongside the Leauge of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has filed four lawsuits challenging the...
Nils Melzer , the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, voiced his concerns regarding the Israeli Supreme Court's December 2017 denial of a petition ...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Person Cecilia Jimenes-Damary is calling on the government of Libya to protect the hundreds of former residents of the town of Tawergha who are currently stranded...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio H.B. 214 , a bill which outlaws abortions following a diagnosis of Down Syndrome. Under the bill, a physician who performs or attempts...
