The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported Monday that sanctions against the People's Democratic Republic on North Korea have a negative effect on aid efforts. High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein told the UN Security...

Amnesty International on Monday accused EU member states of being complicit in the abuse and torture of refugees and migrants that have journeyed across Africa and are now being detained in Libya. The Libyan coastguard, detention authorities and...

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. US District Judge Marsha Pechman partially granted the preliminary injunction, finding the ban likely violates the plaintiffs'...

The Trump administration on Monday appealed the US District Court for the District of Columbia order that denied a request to delay the preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's transgender military ban, originally set to take...

The US Supreme Court on Friday added a Maryland redistricting case, Benisek v. Lamone, to its merits docket on Friday, along with six other cases . While the case was previously being considered on...

The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday denied the government's request to delay implementation of a preliminary injunction halting portions of President Donald Trump's transgender military ban. In...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Jameka Evans, a Georgia security guard who claims that she was harassed and ultimately forced to quit her job because she is s...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday announced that it will refer the Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations Security Council over its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir . The...

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in seven cases. In Benisek v. Lamone , the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to Maryland's 2011 electoral map. The petitioners allege that...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The High Court of South Africa ruled Friday that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a State Prosecutor who would decide whether to reinstate corruption charges...