The US Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court decision in Flores-Villar v. United States upholding a gender-based distinction in two former sections of the Immigration...
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Supreme Court upholds gender discrimination ruling, takes 4 more cases
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Suu Kyi seeks international aid in improving Myanmar workers rights
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Pakistan military court to try security force members for killing unarmed man
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Rights group releases second annual rule of law report
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Rights group urges stop to Saudi executions
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Al Qaeda operative suspected in US embassy bombings killed in Somalia
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Colombia president signs victims compensation law
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Thailand PM rejects amnesty proposal from opposition group
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UN: sexual violence emerges as common war weapon in Libya, other nations
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Federal judge overturns release of Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
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Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called Monday on the international community to help improve workers' rights , during an address to the International Labor Organization (ILO) at its annual conference. She said...
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan to try six paramilitary forces in the shooting death of an unarmed man under the Pakistan Anti-Terrorism Ordinance of 1999 . On Friday, several paramilitary...
The World Justice Project on Monday released its second annual report ranking countries by their adherence to the rule of law. The Rule of Law Index (RLI) is a tool by which the...
Amnesty International (AI) called Friday for a halt to executions in Saudi Arabia , claiming there is often a lack of basic procedural due process. AI cited a disturbing increase in executions in...
Al Qaeda operative Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was killed last week by security forces at a checkpoint in Somalia. Mohammed was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists Lists for his involvement in the 1998 US...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday signed legislation to compensate victims of the country's armed conflict. The Victims' and Land Restitution Law , approved by the Senate last month,...
Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday rejected a proposal by an opposition party seeking a referendum to grant amnesty to those involved in a military coup in 2006. The referendum was proposed by the Pheu...
UN officials expressed concern on Friday that the heightened rape cases in many war-torn nations indicate that rape is being used as a war weapon to terrorize citizens and cause them to flee because of fear. Recent concerns follow...
A judge for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday overturned the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Hussein Salem Mohammed Almerfedi . After his...
