The Italian Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a causal link exists between cell phone use and cancer, ordering that the appellant be compensated. The court found that the appellant developed a benign tumor on the...

The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court of Hamburg on Friday issued sentences for 10 Somalis who were involved in the hijacking the German freighter MS Taipan off the coast of Somalia two years ago. The defendants,...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called on Sudanese authorities to investigate an attack on one of its convoys on Wednesday, resulting in the death of one African Union-United Nations...

The recently freed member of the controversial Russian feminist rock collective Pussy Riot announced Friday that she has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights . Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, is...

The Council of Europe found Friday that two labor reforms adopted by Greece as part of wider efforts to curb the nation's financial crises were illegal. The Council's non-binding ruling concerned two measures passed by...

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women on Thursday urged governments around the world to repeal laws that criminalize adultery and give rise to severe penalties which include flogging, death by stoning and hanging. While...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged world powers to work toward ending the violence in Syria. Pillay, who previously served as a UN war crimes judge, cited the possibility that...

An appeals court in Kenya ruled Thursday that Kenyan courts have jurisdiction to try international piracy suspects. The court's decision overturns a 2010 ruling which found that Kenya does not have jurisdiction outside of its national waters....

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . Section 3 defines "marriage" under federal law as a "legal union between...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged the Libyan government to hand over former military intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to face charges of crimes against...