A judge for the Dane County Circuit Court on Tuesday denied an attempt to have a recount of votes from the presidential election counted by hand. The recount is set to begin Thursday. Green Party candidate...

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled against two elected, pro-independence politicians from taking local office Wednesday. Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung were barred as a result of a political protest launched during their...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižniek , expressed concern Tuesday over three counter-terrorism measures proposed in the Netherlands, which the Ccommissioner believes have the potential to violate human rights. In a letter by the...

The Indonesian Central Jakarta District Court rejected a lawsuit brought by Acehnese community leaders to protect the valuable Leuser tropical forest from exploitation by mining companies. The court rejected the case because it found that the Aceh province's bylaw...

Three justices on the Israeli Supreme Court have been sued for voting in favor of authorizing the construction of Israel's wall around the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice found illegal [advisory opinion,...

The Ontario legislature on Tuesday passed the All Families are Equal Act , recognizing same-sex couples as parents when they utilize assisted reproduction. The prior parentage laws, untouched since 1978, only recognized the birth parent when assisted...

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Moore v. Texas , a case challenging Texas' standard for determining whether a person is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be subject to capital punishment. In...

The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill was given royal assent and became law on Tuesday. The bill gives the UK's intelligence agency a wide variety of tools to monitor the online activity of all UK citizens. The bill...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Monday urged the Burundi government to allow UN police officers into the country to monitor potential human rights abuses. CERD says it has deep concerns...

The Egyptian State council, a part of the Egyptian judicial system tasked with reviewing proposed legislation, approved a bill Monday regulating and restricting non government organizations (NGO) operating in Egypt. The bill would require NGOs to...