Threats and attacks against judges and lawyers who fight for the independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka have increased in past few months, according to UN independent expert Gabriela Knaul . The focus of her...

Visiting Judge Gary Harger ruled Monday that Texas may defund Planned Parenthood through its Affiliate Ban Rule . The rule denies funding to any organization participating in the state's Women's Health...

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts on Monday released his 2012 year-end report , in which he urged the executive and legislative branches to address the needs of the federal judiciary in terms of...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on India's government to "strengthen critical services for rape victims," expressing sympathy for the family of the 23-year-old medical student who died from injuries sustained in a gang-rape...

The Catholic Church, which remains an influential institution in the Philippines where 80 percent of the population is Catholic, on Saturday announced that it will challenge newly approved birth control legislation before the Supreme Court. The...

US President Barack Obama signed a bill on Friday authorizing the US Supreme Court direct review of decisions made by the Virgin Islands Supreme Court . The bill was sponsored by Congresswoman Donna...

Police in New Delhi, India on Saturday charged six men with the murder of a woman who died from injuries sustained in a gang-rape. The woman, a 23-year-old medical student, was gang raped on a bus in...

The US Senate passed the Reauthorization Act of 2012 on Friday in a 73-23 vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) for five years. FISA grants the National...

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily enjoined the enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (PPACA) contraceptives coverage mandate for an Illinois construction company. The company, owned...

Philippine House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales III announced on Friday that Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had quietly signed into law on the 21st of December a bill which will make...