The Pheu Thai Party filed a complaint with the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday over the detention of one of its key figures, Watana Muangsook accusing the...

A Ukrainian pilot on trial in Russia on Thursday told the court she is going on a dry hunger strike after facing another delay at trial. Nadezhda Savchenko has been charged with complicity in the killing of two journalists, with...

Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed a landmark minimum-wage law on Wednesday. The law makes Oregon the first state to mandate higher pay in cities than rural areas. The system works according to the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday lifted injunctions blocking Argentina from paying its restructured debt. According to Judge Thomas Griesa, the circumstances of the situation have...

A retired lieutenant colonel and a former paramilitary were ordered to pay more than USD $1 million in damages to victims of sexual slavery and other crimes against humanity during Guatemala's Civil War and decades of armed conflict. Both...

A UK judge ruled Wednesday that Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) can be sued by two Nigerian towns in a British court for their involvement in oil leaks in Nigeria. Lawyers from Leigh Day brought a case [press...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument on a Texas law that would require abortion clinics to upgrade facilities to hospital-like standards and would require doctors to have admitting privileges at local...

Apple filed objections Tuesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California against an order requiring the corporation to aid the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI in...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday marked 50 years since the adoption of two prominent UN human rights covenants which he said have paved the way...

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea passed a resolution on Wednesday addressing the human rights situation in North Korea. A total of 212 legislators voted on the bill, which will become official law when approved by...