A UN human rights expert provided a report to an international conference in Thailand on Wednesday regarding discrimination of the lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community. In that report, the expert from the UN Office of...

The Rwandan government on Wednesday announced that it has launched an investigation into the possible involvement of 20 French military officials in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Richard Muhumuza, Rwanda's Prosecutor General, said that the...

A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern Tuesday about possible crimes against humanity committed against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. The UN has found, "a wide range of human rights violations...

US Central Command concluded on Wednesday that airstrikes carried out by the US-led coalition near Dayr az Zawr, Syria, in September did not violate international law. According to Russian sources , the strike killed...

The Dutch House of Representatives voted in favor of a proposed partial ban on facial covers on Tuesday, including niqabs and burkas worn by many Muslim women. Of...

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled against two elected, pro-independence politicians from taking local office Wednesday. Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung were barred as a result of a political protest launched during their...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižniek , expressed concern Tuesday over three counter-terrorism measures proposed in the Netherlands, which the Ccommissioner believes have the potential to violate human rights. In a letter by the...

The Indonesian Central Jakarta District Court rejected a lawsuit brought by Acehnese community leaders to protect the valuable Leuser tropical forest from exploitation by mining companies. The court rejected the case because it found that the Aceh province's bylaw...

Three justices on the Israeli Supreme Court have been sued for voting in favor of authorizing the construction of Israel's wall around the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice found illegal [advisory opinion,...

The Ontario legislature on Tuesday passed the All Families are Equal Act , recognizing same-sex couples as parents when they utilize assisted reproduction. The prior parentage laws, untouched since 1978, only recognized the birth parent when assisted...