The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced Friday the establishment of a new commission on human rights for the region. The body will be known as the Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR)...

UN Special Rapporteur for North Korea Vitit Muntarbhorn on Thursday criticized the country's "abysmal" and ongoing human rights violations in an independent report submitted to the UN General Assembly. Muntarbhorn...

The French Constitutional Council on Thursday approved a controversial Internet piracy law that would restrict access to individuals who use the Internet to violate intellectual property laws. The bill...

The US Treasury Department on Thursday released a series of rulings that would restrict executive compensation at institutions that received special assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) . Among the changes are a...

The US Senate on Thursday voted 68-29 to approve a bill that extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The Matthew Shepard and...

Sri Lanka must investigate reports of human rights violations and war crimes during the last months of the internal armed civil conflict by both government and rebel forces and prosecute those responsible, the US Department of State...

West Bank road segregation judgment, Israel Supreme Court, October 22, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here....

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to approve the formation of rules mandating so-called "net neutrality" , promising openness commensurate with the ideals of the Internet itself. The idea of net neutrality,...

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia filed suit Thursday against Apple in the US District Court for the District of Delaware , alleging that Apple infringed 10 of its patents on its iPhone. The...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday unanimously struck down a Quebec law restricting certain students' access to English-language schools as unconstitutional. The court's decision overturns Bill 104 , enacted by the Quebec...