The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Governor Matt Bevin did not have the authority to unilaterally cut the budget for state universities. The ruling came after a lawsuit was filed by...

Independent UN human rights expert Alfred de Zayas said Thursday that "rms deals are a major threat to security, peace and human rights." De Zayas, the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned Thursday that conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will deteriorate unless there is accountability for the atrocities against civilians. Earlier this week...

Ukraine's high court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Gazprom finding it "groundless." The court decided to uphold the USD $3.4 billion fine against the company handed down by Ukraine's Anti-Monopoly...

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston released two opinions Thursday arguing that Hamas and the Tamil Tigers should be removed from the EU's Terror List . The opinions reason that because...

A policing unit in Afghanistan set up to investigate alleged war crimes committed by UK soldiers stationed in the war-torn country reportedly received around 600 complaints of ill treatment and abuse occurring between 2005 and 2013. Members of...

Authorities in Kashmir re-arrested a human rights advocate on Wednesday night under color of a controversial security law, the Public Safety Act, which allows the detention of suspects for up to six months without a trial. The arrest came almost...

The Afghanistan government signed a peace agreement on Thursday with insurgent group Hezb-i Islami, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The US Embassy applauded the peace accord as an important step towards ending violence and protecting constitutional rights in the...

Noted human rights lawyer Xia Lin was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Chinese court on Thursday. Xia, who famously represented many Chinese dissidents including artist Ai Weiwei, was arrested and accused of fraudulently obtaining more...

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Wednesday urged the international community to help end the "silent pandemic" of childhood disease and disability..." caused by exposure to...