The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Italy's ban on embryonic screening is a violation of human rights. According to a press release issued by the court, the ban is a...

The Russian Presidential Council on Human Rights , an independent advisory body, on Tuesday questioned the legitimacy of the recent guilty verdict and sentence for three members of the Russian feminist activist group...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that by not allowing Indiana citizens to appeal erroneous entries on the state Sex and Violent Offender Registry the Indiana Department of...

The Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterr announced Tuesday that a three-judge panel will investigate the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat . The investigation was prompted in August by...

The Michigan Court of Appeals on Monday ruled that a proposal to preserve collective bargaining should be put on the upcoming November 6 ballot. The proposal would add a new article allowing workers to organize...

After being awarded $1.05 billion by a jury last week for patent infringement, Apple filed a motion with the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday asking it to block eight...

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda on Monday filed an updated version of the charges against the four defendants in the two cases stemming from the 2007 Kenyan post-election violence [JURIST...

Myanmar's army is still committing human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Karen state, according to a report released Monday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . PHR's findings were based on a field...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held a hearing Tuesday on the appeal of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko . The hearing comes just one day before a...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the international community to prevent the illegal trade of weapons , which are responsible for killing more than 500,000 people every year. The Program of Action adopted by...