Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday rebuffed calls for international judges to participate in the country's war crimes tribunals. The president, who has been suspicious of war crimes allegations raised by the Tamil...
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UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz called Friday for the US to adopt a consistent approach to indigenous land rights in pipeline projects. The Special Rapporteur was concerned about how...
The Utah House of Representatives passed an alcohol reform bill on Friday aimed at removing what is referred to as the "Zion Curtain," a 7-foot-tall barrier, shielding children from watching drinks being mixed in restaurants. The bill, HB442...
Facebook settled a class-action lawsuit levied against it on Wednesday for its prior practice of scanning private messages to aid in ads. A motion was filed on Wednesday, subject to court approval, for declaratory and injunctive...
The Kentucky House of Representatives on Friday voted 56-39 in favor of allowing charter schools in the state for the first time. House Bill 520, supported by Governor Matt Bevin and amended by Representative Phil Moffett , allows...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday ruled in favor of the Secretary of the Interior in its efforts to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. Once...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a case filed by the Board of Commissioners of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority against 97 defendants involved...
The Minnesota House approved a bill on Thursday to prevent cities from implementing their own labor laws. HF 600 would ultimately prohibit local governments from regulating minimum wage, paid and unpaid leave, advance notice of work...
Eleven states, led by Texas, filed a document in federal court Thursday to withdraw a lawsuit against the US government, a week after a Dear Colleague letter from the Department of Justice ...
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Šimonović, urged the government of Australia on Friday to include all women in the fight to stop violence against women. According to Šimonović, violence against women in Australia is at...
