UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic called on Somalia's international partners Tuesday to increase their aid in order for the country to maintain its gains in protecting its citizens' human rights. Simonovic described the major...

An Alabama woman on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision of an Alabama court not to recognize her adoption of her same-sex partner's three children. She has also asked the Supreme...

An independent UN human rights expert said Tuesday that last week's attacks in Paris may constitute crimes against humanity. The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, said, "hese attacks may constitute a...

The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) on Monday publicly released an independent report detailing issues with the police response during the April civil unrest, including lack of clear guidance and inadequate protective gear. The report, prpared by...

New Jersey lawmakers on Monday advanced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain New Jersey driver's licenses. The bill, considered by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee , would allow such immigrants to...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered a US House of Representatives committee and a former staffer to cooperate with an insider trading investigation into a...

Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested three men suspected of committing war crimes during the 1990s. Sarajevo lawyer Ibro Merkez and Gorazde police commissioner Esef Huric are alleged to have illegally detained and...

Five Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the Department of Defense (DOD) announced Sunday. The Guantanamo Review Task Force (GRTF) unanimously approved for transfer...

The US Supreme Court denied review in New Hampshire Right to Life v. Department of Health & Human Services on Monday. The anti-abortion group petitioned the court to clarify Exemption 4...

UN Special Rapporteurs Makarim Wibisono and Christof Heyns expressed concern Monday over ongoing violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Israel. This latest phase of conflict began in October and has claimed an...