Voters in Slovenia on Sunday rejected a law that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. The measure was defeated by a large margin , with more than 63 percent of voters rejecting...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned rights violations against the of children in Iraq by the Islamic State (IS). Ban stated, "I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the continuous grave...
Northern Ireland still faces significant challenges 20 years after the violent period known as "the Troubles" , UN Special Rapporteur Pablo de Greiff said Wednesday. The Special Rapporteur focused on transitional justice in Northern Ireland and...
Amnesty International (AI) released a report Tuesday detailing problems with how the EU is approaching the refugee crisis and recommending changes to ensure international law is followed and human rights are appropriately valued. AI is calling...
Luis Segovia, a veteran and former resident of Illinois who now lives in Guam, filed a complaint on Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois claiming the laws affording residents of certain...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected claims from French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala that his rights to speak freely were denied when he was convicted of and fined for hate crimes...
A group of book sellers and publishers filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Louisiana criminal law that requires websites to implement age-verification systems to protect material that may be harmful to any minor. HB 153 [text,...
Syrian armed groups may be committing war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday, stating that the practice of caging captured soldiers and civilians constitutes hostage-taking and an outrage against their personal dignity. A video that surfaced...
The Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) filed a petition writ of certiorari on Monday asking the US Supreme Court to hear their case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) under Article 1, Section...
