The Supreme Court of Texas upheld the state's complicated public school funding system as constitutional Friday. The court noted that financial efficiency was not an issue with the state's public school funding based upon prior...

UN human rights experts expressed grave concern Friday over Belarus' death penalty practices after reports surfaced that a man was executed while his case was before the UN Human Rights Committee . Belarus' actions in killing...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday urged authorities in the Gambian capital of Banjul to release detained protesters. The UN stated that it has received reports that the protesters,...

Government signatories to the Paris Agreement will meet in Bonn next week and are intent upon discussing human rights issues with the plan. UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and environment, John H. Knox, stated ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a measure that would permit detainees at Guantanamo Bay to plead guilty for their crimes through video conferencing, and would also allow the transfer of detainees to third-world countries to...

The Supreme Court of India upheld a set of defamation laws Friday, finding them to be constitutionally valid. The laws were challenged by opposing politicians as an impediment on free speech. The ruling recognized a legitimate interest...

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed two pieces of legislation restricting abortion into law on Thursday. The two laws, SB 205 and SB 363 , prevent the issuance or renewal of health center licenses "to abortion clinics or...

The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) , a body of independent experts, released closing remarks to its fifty-seventh session Friday, expressing concern about the use of excessive force by Israeli forces against Palestinians. Last week the...

Armed opposition groups in Syria are committing war crimes around the Sheikh Maqsoud district of Aleppo city, Amnesty International (AI) said Friday. The human rights group found that these armed opposition groups are routinely carrying out...

The US Supreme Court upheld a stay of execution for Alabama inmate Vernon Madison on Thursday. In a 4-4 order, the court upheld the stay issued by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...