Amnesty International (AI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Tuesday, urged to must reject or revise proposed laws they claim would "entrench already widespread discrimination and risk fueling further violence against religious minorities."...
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday published its opinion in Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl , reversing the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit decision and ruling that...
The UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) charged two new suspects on Tuesday, despite a warning by the country's prime minister not to add new defendants. The ECCC announced that former Khmer Rouge navy...
A judge for Egypt's Administrative Court on Tuesday suspended the country's upcoming parliamentary elections indefinitely after another court declared the election law's provision on voting districts unconstitutional. The decision by Judge Yahia Darouri was expected after the Supreme Constitutional...
The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that restrictions on where sex offenders may live violates the parolees' constitutional rights. This decision addresses Jessica's Law , the voter initiative passed in 2006 that...
Economic donors to Afghanistan should encourage the prosecution of officials guilty of human rights violations, Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated in a report issued Tuesday. The report details the long-standing violations that have left victims...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two cases. In Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission the court heard arguments on whether the Elections Clause...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Ocasio v US , two brothers owned an auto repair shop near Baltimore. Over many years, the brothers entered into a kickback...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Monday that states must rededicate themselves to unalienable human rights . The commissioner made his statement at the opening of the 28th Session of the...
UN human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro on Monday urged the Malaysian government to make improvements to its efforts to combat human trafficking. At the conclusion of her first visit to Malaysia, Giammarinaro said that there...
