The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 Richard Falk called on Israel Wednesday to fully implement and continue to support the recent conflict-ending...

An Arizona judge ruled Monday that Arizona's medical marijuana law is constitutional and instructed the state to permit dispensaries to open. Judge Michael Gordon of the Maricopa County Superior Court rebuffed arguments from Arizona Attorney...

An Israeli court has approved the nation's first same-sex divorce even though the country does not officially recognize same-sex marriage. The court ruled Sunday that the couple, who were married in Canada and live in Israel, should be recognized...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the growing issue of global business' role in gross human rights abuses in a statement on Tuesday. In addressing the Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights,...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal rule requiring mobile-data providers to offer roaming agreements to other providers on "commercially reasonable" terms. In April 2011 the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Tuesday refused to issue an injunction to block a pending law preventing mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change...

Iranian lawyer and prominent human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh on Tuesday ended a 49-day hunger strike in protest of her prison conditions and a travel ban imposed on her family. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center the court heard arguments on whether a 180-day statutory time limit for...

The US Supreme Court released a unanimous opinion Tuesday in Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States on the Federal government's immunity under the Takings Clause of the Fifth...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Monday temporarily blocked California from enforcing a new law that prohibits mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts...