The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent police from searching emails and other electronic content without a warrant. Currently, under the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act , law enforcement agents...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said that they will consider the legal implications of Palestinian statehood following a UN resolution recognizing Palestine as a non-member state. The UN General...

The office of the Maryland Attorney General released an opinion Thursday stating that same-sex couples can obtain marriage licenses as soon as Governor Martin O'Malley formally proclaims the results of this month's election,...

Egypt's Islamist assembly members hurriedly approved a draft constitution on Friday without the participation of liberal or Christian members, raising concerns among many human rights organizations such as Amnesty International (AI) . The approved...

A spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that Pillay has sent a letter to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi urging him to reconsider a recent decree expanding presidential...

UN officials urged countries on Wednesday to implement national policies that will end violence against women after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke at an event commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against...

A Netherlands court ruled on Wednesday to ban certain Samsung Electronics smartphones that infringe on Apple patents. The court ordered Samsung to pay Apple 100,000 euros for every day that it violates the court's ruling....

A French appeals court on Thursday absolved Continental Airlines of blame and overturned the manslaughter conviction against one of its mechanics in relation to the Air France Concorde jet crash that killed 113 people just...

The Italian government on Wednesday announced that it has appealed a recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the country violated the rights of a couple with cystic fibrosis by...

The Polish Supreme Court for the first time on Wednesday declared that same-sex partners living together will retain the same legal standing as heterosexual couples in regard to taking over a lease if their romantic...