The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) released a report on Monday finding that the judicial proceedings under which former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed were convicted "contained serious flaws and violated his right to a...
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Germany's constitutional court, the Bundesverfassungsgericht , ruled the property tax regime in west Germany to be unconstitutional on Tuesday, citing the the current unitary valuations as violating the fundamental right to equal treatment under German Basic...
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda called Sunday for an end to the violence that has recently taken place in the Gaza Strip and raised the possibility of ICC prosecutions against Israel...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Stokeling v. United States on Monday, where it will determine whether a state criminal offense requiring only a slight amount of force is categorically a "violent crime"...
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Tuesday announced that the state will not be filing charges against the two Baton Rouge police officers involved in the 2016 fatal shooting of Alton Sterling. Coupled with the statement,...
US President Donald Trump on Friday directed JSecretary of Defense ames Mattis to ban transgender troops from serving in the military if they require surgery or significant medical treatment. The memorandum revokes the president's August order...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an Arizona challenge to a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision barring the state from refusing to issue drivers licenses to recipients...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Nielsen v. Preap to rule on the mandatory detention of noncitizens who are released from criminal custody. The question before the court...
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday announced that he will immediately pull the Philippines out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a 15 page letter to the media, Duterte declared that the...
China's National People's Congress , overwhelmingly approved numerous amendments to the Chinese Constitution on Sunday, eliminating presidential term-limits and strengthening the Communist Party of China's (CCP) role in the state's governance. The largely...
