A UK heterosexual couple whose civil partnership application was denied by their local town council announced Wednesday that they will challenge the refusal in court. Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are the first heterosexual...

The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) may not challenge the fairness of bank overdraft fee charges as a matter of law. The Court...

Office of Fair Trading v. Abbey National PLC, et al., Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, November 25, 2090 [holding that the Office of Fair Trading may not challenge the fairness of bank overdraft fee charges as a matter of...

Biros, et al. v. Strickland, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 25, 2009 [holding that the execution of Kenneth Biros could proceed as scheduled, thus overturning a stay of execution issued by the district court...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called for the UK to investigate allegations that government officials were complicit in the torture of British citizens in Pakistan from 2004 to 2007. The announcement followed the release of a...

The US State Department (DOS) stated Tuesday that the US will not be signing the treaty to ban the use of anti-personnel landmines. The announcement comes a week before the Second Review Conference...

A US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit panel ruled Tuesday that a school district's policy prohibiting the performance of religious holiday songs does not violate the First Amendment Establishment Clause ....

Stratechuk v. Board of Education, US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, November 24, 2009 [holding that a school district's policy prohibiting the performance of religious holiday songs does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of...

The American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU), the Constitution Project (CP), and the Rutherford Institute filed amici curiae briefs Tuesday backing a challenge to a federal law [18 USC §...

Argentina's Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill that would decriminalize defamation, bringing the government's policies more in line with the American Convention on Human Rights and garnering praise from international...