The new Senegalese government should take this opportunity to protect and promote human rights by addressing the impunity that undermines the judicial system and rule of law in the country, Amnesty International (AI) said on Wednesday. In...

The president of Haiti on Tuesday gave final approval for amendments to the Constitution of Haiti that will allow dual-citizens to vote and be appointed to administrative positions. President Michel Joseph Martelly originally...

Sudan's Ministry of Justice on Tuesday appointed a new special prosecutor for crimes committed in Darfur . Justice Minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa announced Yasir Ahmed Mohamed, a senior counselor, as the new prosecutor...

An anonymous same-sex couple in New York on Tuesday filed a class-action lawsuit against Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and a New York hospital seeking to compel the hospital to provide spousal healthcare benefits. The...

Integrative human rights and environmental protection laws and policies should be implemented to achieve sustainable development, according to a joint report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Environment Programme...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on Tuesday presented his report to the UN Human Rights Council , concluding that people in...

The District Court of The Hague on Wednesday ruled in favor of Samsung Electronics against Apple in a patent infringement case. All About Phones reported that the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday struck down a portion of the Chicago Firearms Ordinance , saying the standard was unconstitutionally vague. Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan...

The Constitutional Court of Kuwait on Wednesday held that this year's election for the new parliament was unconstitutional and the previous parliament of 2009 should be reinstated, state agency Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) ...

US Congressman Ben Quayle (R-AZ) on Monday introduced a bill aimed at blocking the Obama adminstration's decision last week to stop deporting many illegal immigrants. President Barack Obama's administrative action will temporarily stop deporting many illegal immigrants...