French presidential candidate and former prime minister François Fillon was charged on Tuesday with misuse of public funds after being questioned about whether his relatives, who were on the public payroll as parliamentary aides, actually performed...

Brazil's top prosecutor has asked the country's Supreme Court to open 83 more investigations into politicians in connection to the Petrobras scandal . The list of names has sent to the court not been released . However,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a lawsuit by members of a California Native American tribe over land access on Tuesday. The court ruled that the federal Indian Civil Rights Act (ICRA)...

The Chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said Tuesday that there is a need to establish courts and bring prosecutions against those who have committed rights abuses. Yasmin Sooka stated ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday commended the government of Jordan for taking an important step to reform the country's justice system and urged swift implementation of the proposals. The reforms come from 49 suggestions [press...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Libya Tuesday to ensure human rights abuses are not occurring in the current conflict in the oil crescent area of...

The European Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected an argument by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam requesting that their activities be not classified as "terrorist acts." The arguments were proffered as support for four individuals...

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office of the Republic of Korea on Tuesday announced plans to question ousted president Park Geun-hye about her involvement in the corruption scandal that led to her removal as the nation's leader. While Park...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that EU companies, under permitted conditions, may ban employees from displaying political or religious symbols, including Islamic headscarves. In a related case, the ECJ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for measures to release detainees in Syria in his address to the UN Human Rights Council . The Independent International Commission of Inquiry...