Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Malaysia Federal Court on Thursday for overturning a prior ruling that declared a discriminatory transgender law unconstitutional. The November 2014 ruling by the Putrajaya Court of Appeal reviewed...
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The Second District Court of Appeal of California ruled 2-1 Wednesday that public colleges and universities have no duty to protect students from violence committed by other students on campus. The dispute arose after University of...
US President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (HR 1624) into law on Wednesday. This law will amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by changing businesses with 51-100 employees...
The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursdayupheld the dismissal of a case investigating the Rwandan genocide . Spain modified its universal jurisdiction laws last year, and the court refused...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seeking to open an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, and that the matter has been assigned [decision,...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Mexican government to cease using their military as law enforcement and replace the current force with well trained police officers. The...
The UN issued the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Wednesday to improve the treatment of prisoners throughout the world. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, spoke on behalf of Secretary-General Ban...
Brazil's Federal Accounts Court (TCU) on Wednesday determined that President Dilma Rousseff's government accounting practices were illegal. Rousseff's administration allegedly took out unauthorized loan money from state banks...
The Michigan House of Representatives approved medical marijuana legislation Wednesday to clarify the legal regulation of the medical marijuana industry. The "medical marihuana facilities licensing act" provides the licensing requirements for businesses to grow,...
California Jerry Brown signed the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 on Wednesday, which lays out plans to reduce air pollution and increase energy efficiency. To double the amount of energy efficiency...
