UN experts condemned Australia Friday for its laws allowing indefinite detention of intellectually disabled persons facing criminal charges. Under the current law, if a person is found unfit to plead to a charge against them, they may be held...

International human rights groups, including Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) , issued a joint letter on Thursday to the permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council urging them "to...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the international community to intensify its efforts to protect cultural treasures against enemy combatants in regions devastated by conflict. Ban specifically directed attention to attacks on cultural heritage...

Advocacy groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the redrawn boundaries for North Carolina's congressional seats. Plaintiffs are arguing that the district lines were influenced by politics. Some of the parties involved in the suit are...

Human rights groups Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) on Thursday reported that justice still has not been achieved for the victims of the violent...

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Governor Matt Bevin did not have the authority to unilaterally cut the budget for state universities. The ruling came after a lawsuit was filed by...

Independent UN human rights expert Alfred de Zayas said Thursday that "rms deals are a major threat to security, peace and human rights." De Zayas, the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned Thursday that conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will deteriorate unless there is accountability for the atrocities against civilians. Earlier this week...

Ukraine's high court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Gazprom finding it "groundless." The court decided to uphold the USD $3.4 billion fine against the company handed down by Ukraine's Anti-Monopoly...

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston released two opinions Thursday arguing that Hamas and the Tamil Tigers should be removed from the EU's Terror List . The opinions reason that because...