US Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) will respond to a federal appellate judge in Texas who demanded a letter recognizing the federal courts' authority to strike down...

The Chilean House of Deputies passed an anti-discrimination law on Wednesday in response to the killing of a 24-year-old gay man, Daniel Zamudio, by a group of alleged neo-Nazis in Santiago,...

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard arguments on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Wednesday, in the first appellate hearing on...

Former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army Ratko Mladic pleaded not guilty to all charges in a pre-trial brief released Wednesday by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) referred charges to a military commission on Wednesday against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators being held at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

Roma , Jews and Ukrainians in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face exclusion from politics and public institutions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report identified the 1995 Bosnian Constitution as...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Wednesday agreed to strengthen human rights protections during its annual summit. ASEAN Chairman Hun Sen , who is also Prime Minister of Cambodia,...

A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Tuesday filed a second $11 billion lawsuit against Chevron after the company reported a new leak in its Frade oil field in the Campos Basin. Eduardo Santos de Oliviera filed the first...

The Mali junta issued a statement Tuesday accusing rebels in the northern town of Gao of grave human rights violations, particularly the kidnap and rape of local women and girls. Last month the military overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure...

The Ankara 12th High Criminal Court on Wednesday began the trial of the last two surviving leaders of Turkey's 1980 coup d'etat that led to three years of military rule, during which 50 people were hanged and half a...