The UN torture prevention body on Wednesday urged the Philippines to tackle urgent prison overcrowding issues and improve independent monitoring of detention facilities. During a visit by the six-member delegation, the Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT)...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Wednesday that in light of allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic (CAR) by foreign troops not under UN control, an External Independent Review will be set up to examine...

Colombia's Congress voted on Wednesday to limit presidents to a single term, a measure backed by President Juan Manuel Santos . The presidential term limit undoes a law passed by Santos' predecessor and rival, Alvaro Uribe,...

Planned Parenthood, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on Thursday in federal court to block part of a new Arizona law that requires doctors to tell...

A top EU legal adviser stated on Thursday that unemployed EU migrants are not automatically entitled to social benefits during their first three months in a different EU country. The recommendation came from the advocate general of the...

The North Carolina legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to the Women and Children's Protection Act of 2015 , which mandates a 72-hour waiting period for abortions after a woman has been informed by...

Judge Anwar Gabri of the Egyptian Court of Cassation ordered a retrial on Thursday for former president Hosni Mubarak regarding his complicity in the killings of hundreds of protestors in the 2011 demonstrations...

A Muslim rights organization called Wednesday for a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a Muslim man in Boston. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) made the request a day after 26-year-old Usaama Rahim was killed...

The government of California on Wednesday agreed to a settlement that may lead to the state reinstating the use of its death chamber. Under the terms of the settlement the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) [official...

Interpol on Wednesday issued "wanted person alerts" for six men having ties to the ongoing FIFA scandal on charges including racketeering, money laundering and corruption. The alerts are a notice and warning that the men...