The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused on Friday to rehear a case decided in December that struck down Illinois' ban on carrying concealed weapons. Last month, Illinois Attorney General...

In a statement to the UN Security Council on Friday, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roger Meece urged the council to deploy an additional military brigade to help the "overstretched" peacekeeping mission in...

Three briefs on the merits were filed with the US Supreme Court in the case US v. Windsor on Friday on the issues of the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...

The Uruguay Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a 2011 law allowing for investigations into crimes committed during the country's 1973-1985 dictatorship is unconstitutional. Uruguay's legislature passed the law in 2011, allowing the government to investigate human rights violations...

Puerto Rico's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law banning same-sex couples from adopting children. The case was brought by a woman who wanted to adopt the child of her partner...

Germany's parliament approved a new election law Thursday that will help the small political parties gain legislative seats. Germany uses a mixed-member proportional representation voting system which...

Thirteen Egyptian human rights organizations on Wednesday alleged that Egypt's Ministry of Interior is responsible for police brutality and the deaths of protesters that have occurred since January 25. The report said...

Advocates for same-sex marriage submitted briefs to the US Supreme Court Thursday in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry for the respondent couples, as well as for the City and County of San...

A Haitian judge on Thursday ordered former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court for a hearing on whether he should face charges for human rights abuses. The summons follows a previous order [JURIST...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin and her sister were convicted Thursday of corruption for misusing state-paid staffers to do campaign work and win a seat on the bench. The sisters were convicted for work done...