UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin has called for greater protection of individual rights and increased oversight of intelligence agencies in a report to be presented to the...
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The Argentina Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced Friday the implementation of a new law containing provisions aimed at bringing the military and its justice system under increased civilian control. The legislation was signed into law...
China's top legislative body, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (SCNPC) , approved a new food safety law Saturday which will setup a commission to supervise the country's food monitoring system, according to state media reports....
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Friday denied an appeal by the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking to stop a lawsuit brought by an...
A number of advocacy, rights and philanthropic groups filed an amicus curiae brief Friday with the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio arguing against the classification of some charitable...
The Supreme Court of Nebraska ruled Friday that Robert Henderson will not be reinstated as a state trooper for the Nebraska State Patrol because of his membership in the Knights Party ,...
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) gave notice to the White House Office of Management and Budget Friday that it was preparing to rescind a Bush administration regulation protecting healthcare workers who refuse...
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office on Friday appealed the acquittal of three Chechen men accused of involvement in the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The decision to appeal the ruling...
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Thailand said Friday they had held discussions on a draft charter for the already-controversial ASEAN Human Rights Body (AHRB), which Thai officials have...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced former priest Emmanuel Rukundo to 25 years imprisonment Friday after convicting him of genocide, crimes against humanity, and sexual assault. Rukundo, who was a military...
