International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda renewed her calls to the Libyan government on Wednesday for the immediate arrest and surrender of Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf al-Werfalli, who is alleged to have participated in...

US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday introduced his "Medicare for all" bill. The Medicare for All Act of 2017 , which is cosponsored by 16 democrats including 2020 front runners Cory Booker, Kamala Harris,...

A group of individuals represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the "searches and seizures of smartphones, laptops, and other...

A coalition of rights groups, led by Human Rights First , called on the US Departments of State and Treasury Wednesday to use the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to sanction foreign citizens...

The Brazil Supreme Court authorized another investigation on Tuesday into possible corruption and money laundering by President Michel Temer . Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso stated that there is enough evidence believe it is "plausible" the...

The House of Representatives of the Philippines on Tuesday voted 119-32 to cut the annual budget of the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) down to 1,000 pesos, equivalent to USD $20. CHR originally requested [Reuters...

The Pietermaritzburg High Court of South Africa ruled Tuesday that the 2015 election of a faction loyal to South Africa's president, Jacob Zuma, is invalid. Zuma loyalists took control of the KwaZulu Natal province...

The Israel High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that a law exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is unconstitutional . Israel has mandatory military service, but a 2015 law allowed the defense minster...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a joint resolution , now awaiting President Donald Trump's signature, which condemns both the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the hate groups involved. The bipartisan joint resolution, which was...

The state of Ohio executed convicted killer Gary Otte Wednesday morning after the US Supreme Court denied his request for a stay on Tuesday night. Otte was sentenced to death in 1992 for the...