Four UN human rights experts on Tuesday stressed a need for greater international and national efforts to eliminate violence against displaced women. Noting substantial levels of violence perpetrated against the world's roughly 17 million conflict-displaced women, the...
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Wednesday warned against the possible release of convicted war criminal Milorad Trbic following the reversal of his sentence by the Bosnian Constitutional Court . Trbic was...
An independent UN human rights expert said Tuesday that Cambodia's government is manipulating the judiciary to silence opposition . The Special Rapporteur in Cambodia , Surya Subedi, emphasized recent arrests followed by mass...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution renewing its international call to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. Working under Chapter VII of the UN Charter , resolution 2184 (2014) calls...
European Union politicians on Tuesday approved a plan allowing nations to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their soil. The plan, a compromise reached in June, gives national governments the final say in...
California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 47 , a ballot initiative reducing the penalties associated with certain low-level drug and property crimes, receiving 58 percent voter approval . Under the measure, crimes related to possession of...
Israel's Knesset Plenum on Tuesday announced their approval of the second and third readings of Parole Bill (amendment no. 14). The bill , proposed by MK Ayelet Shaked , will limit the power...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday overturned the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin's decision that upheld a state statute prohibiting night hunting...
