The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced plans to develop standards for the disposal of wastewater from the process of hydraulic fracturing . Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process in which water,...

The Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) on Thursday filed a complaint in the Surrey Provincial Court on behalf of four men against former US president George W. Bush on torture charges...

The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court challenging Wisconsin's new voter identification law as a violation of the Wisconsin Constitution . Plaintiffs seek declaratory and...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called for a full investigation into the killing of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by group of 10 congressmen alleging that US President Barack Obama violated Article I Section...

A judge for the Queen's Court Bench of Alberta has granted legal rights to a non-biological father of a child—the ex-partner of the biological father—over the biological father in a child custody case. While the judge stated...

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for the West Bank and Gaza Strip , Richard Falk called Thursday, called for better guidelines on the treatment of Palestinian youth arrested by the Israeli...

UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien on Thursday urged the government of Cambodia to refrain from interfering with the UN-backed tribunal tasked with trying those alleged responsible for mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer...

The UK's top judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Igor Judge , said on Wednesday that UK courts are not bound by decisions from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) . Speaking before...

Lawyers for convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk filed a request in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio for a hearing to determine whether the FBI failed to turn...