Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Afghan government and US military to investigate alleged summary executions committed by special forces against Kandahar civilians. The alleged executions reportedly took place during military operations spanning from...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two Fifth Amendment cases Tuesday: Currier v. Virginia , and City of Hays v. Vogt . In the Currier case , Currier faced trial for breaking and entering and...
The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Yves Bot , issued an advisory opinion on Tuesday finding the recent logging of Polish forests violates international law. In recent years, Polish authorities have...
Nils Melzer , the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, voiced his concerns regarding the Israeli Supreme Court's December 2017 denial of a petition ...
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted Attorney Alex van der Zwaan for false statements made during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Van der Zwaan was indicted for his...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Person Cecilia Jimenes-Damary is calling on the government of Libya to protect the hundreds of former residents of the town of Tawergha who are currently stranded...
In anticipation of the expiration of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a panel of UN rights experts on Tuesday urged urged the US to protect the lawful status of approximately 800,000 people. DACA recipients, or "dreamers,"...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California's 10-day waiting period for purchasing a gun. The court denied a petition for...
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released a map on Monday intended to remedy what the court declared as the unconstitutional gerrymandering present in the 2011 redistricting plan. While the court gave the legislature 18 days...
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two letters on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be...
