The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Moore v. Texas that the factors considered by Texas in determining a defendant was not intellectually disabled do not comport with the Eighth Amendment or...

The UK Court Martial Appeal Court on Tuesday reduced the sentence of former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman, who was convicted of killing an injured Taliban militant in Afghanistan in 2011. His murder conviction that...

The Columbia University Knight First Amendment Institute on Monday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against the Trump administration seeking release of data on how often US citizens and others had...

Former Bosnian prison guard Slobo Maric was stripped of his US citizenship and sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday after failing to disclose his membership in the Bosnian Army and war crimes he committed during...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned the recent loss of civilian life in Mosul as a result of airstrikes and actions by Islamic State (IS) militants. Information from the...

Nine Arkansas death row inmates, including eight scheduled for lethal injections next month, jointly filed suit against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelly on Monday to stop the executions....

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers on Monday adopted Rules of Procedure and Evidence , less than two months after the justices were appointed. The adoption of the rules brings the court to the brink of being operable. The...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that the bloc's economic sanctions placed on Russia were valid. The measures include travel restrictions and a freeze on the assets of certain natural and legal persons. Certain...

Several UN rights experts called Tuesday for the release of prominent human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor, who was arrested at his home on March 20 by United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities. An arrest warrant was not issued and...

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said during Monday's White House news briefing that cities failing to enforce immigration laws may be cut off from Justice Department grants. Sessions' statement was directed towards so-called...