The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that significant progress has been made in ending the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) but called upon the international community to...
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At least 54 countries participated in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) overseas detention and rendition of at least 136 people, the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) reported Tuesday. According to...
The Council of Europe on Tuesday urged Turkey to move more quickly in its efforts to reform legislation. Council Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland , speaking at a conference in Ankara, emphasized the importance of reform in the...
The UK Parliament voted 400-175 on Tuesday in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The legislation , which was introduced late last month , would extend the application...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a lawsuit against credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) for the misrepresentation of the credit risk of complex financial products. S&P...
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday urged Iran to end the recent crackdown on journalists and to release those who have been already been detained. The group includes the Special Rapporteur on freedom...
Colonel James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the trial of suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , on Monday ordered a mental health examination for the defendant to determine whether he is competent to stand...
UN Special Rapporteur on North Korea Marzuki Darusman has urged the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In a report...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released report on Tuesday detailing numerous war crimes committed by the rebel group 23 March Movement (M23) and Congolese military forces during M23's occupation of Goma in the...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday has again stopped the government from enforcing a cybercrimes law passed last year. The law was also suspended for 120 days in October so...
