A Michigan county's practice of offering Christian-only prayers at public board meetings is unconstitutional , the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Wednesday. Peter Bormuth filed suit after attending the county's Board of...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged a greater commitment to human rights Wednesday while announcing a $253 million funding appeal . The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday turned down a request to stop construction on the final stretch of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Judge James Boasberg rejected [blog...
A three-judge panel in North Carolina issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday that limits a law stripping the state's new governor, Roy Cooper , of some of his powers. The law required Senate approval...
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would allow execution by firing squad, nitrogen gas or electrocution if the current method of execution, lethal injection, is deemed unconstitutional by a court....
UNl Special Rapporteur David Kaye called on Thai authorities Tuesday to cease using royal defamation laws to counter free speech that is critical of the royal family. This report was released as a law student...
The trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre began on Monday before the Higher Court in Belgrade. The court rejected another postponement , as defense lawyers postponed...
US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to continue to enforce the executive order instated by Barack Obama that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people working in federal institutions and contracts. A...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Tuesday said that the UK must take steps to control exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals for all citizens but particularly...
A Kenyan court on Thursday ordered doctors to end a strike or risk being sent to jail. The union protest has lasted for more than six weeks and has sent the hospital system into a crisis . Justice...
