The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Wednesday that the officers responsible for the killing of Charles de Menezes should not be prosecuted. De Menezes was mistakenly thought to be connected to the 7/7 London...

The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Rupert Colville, said Wednesday that his office is concerned about the apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian man in the West Bank last week. The execution occurred...

The Tianjin No 1 Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday sentenced Ji Wenlin, the former vice governor of south China's Hainan Province, to 12 years in prison on corruption charges. The former government official was found to have used...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged world leaders to accept more refugees and to combat the growing international anti refugee sentiments. The remarks were made at the opening of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...

Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday approved an amnesty law that would free 77 individuals allegedly jailed for political reasons under a number of crimes such as the instigation of violence or...

French President François Hollande on Wednesday said that he will no longer move forward with his plan to reform the country's constitution. The reform would have included an amendment that would deprive French citizenship or...

UNICEF reported Tuesday that "on average at least six children have been killed or maimed everyday since March 15, 2015" as the crisis in Yemen escalates. The report also discussed how recruitment of children as...

The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) ruled on Monday that Argentina's maritime territory includes the area surrounding the Falkland Islands. Argentina had previously submitted to the commission a report fixing...

Azeri human rights lawyer and advocate Intigam Aliyev was freed from jail on Monday. The Azerbaijan Supreme Court reduced his sentence from over seven years to a five year-probation period....

Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare on Sunday signed a United Nations (UN) action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. Under the new agreement,...