The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released findings on Tuesday that a wave of human rights violations took place in the Central African Republic (CAR) ...

Two advocacy groups on Wednesday condemned the slow pace of the criminal case against former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier . "A lack of political will and unacceptable court delays are allowing Haiti's former...

Google announced on Wednesday that it filed an appeal of a USD $205,000 fine imposed by the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty (CNIL) for violating French data protection laws. The CNIL imposed the fine on...

Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected legislation that would make it more difficult to prosecute elected government officials and make libel a criminal offense after criticism from abroad. The draft law would have provided lawmakers and government...

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Central Pension Fund that, whether a claim for attorney's fees is based upon a statute, a private contract, or both, the...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday announced that a legal instrument, which grants children access to international human rights protections, will go into effect in April. The Optional...

The trial of four individuals accused of aiding the terrorists who perpetrated the September attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, commenced Wednesday. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Tuesday, including a case on the General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875 and a case on whether certain employee severance payments are taxable. In...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday criticized Nigeria's new law on the prohibition of same-sex marriage, calling the legislation a direct violation of basic, universal human rights. Earlier this month Nigerian...