US Secretary of State John Kerry released the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015 on Wednesday, pointing to "a global governance crisis" in is prefatory statement. The secretary cited the "accelerating trend by both state and...
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The South Africa Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed for leave to appeal the unfavorable judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) concerning the government's failure to detain Sudan President Omar al-Bashir...
Congress introduced a new bill on Friday which will force smartphone manufacturers to decrypt data in response to law enforcement demands. The bill was proposed by senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr, and states that companies "must...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal by Uber of a federal district court order that certified a class of nearly 160,000 drivers in California who challenge...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed summary judgment issued by a Hawaii federal district court denying an exemption to Oklevueha Native American Church of Hawaii, Inc. from federal...
The Military High Court of Kanombe in Rwanda on Thursday sentenced Colonel Tom Byabagamba and retired Brigadier General Frank Rusagara to 21 and 20 years in prison respectively on charges of inciting insurrection and tarnishing the government's image....
The UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith , on Friday appealed to the country to strengthen the protection of its women and the rights of its indigenous peoples. In her End of...
The South Africa Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered President Jacob Zuma to personally repay the amounts determined by the National Treasury, as they relate to the "non-security" upgrades to his private residence. The issue...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday acquitted Vojislav Šešelj , president of the Serbian Radical Party and former Assembly member of Serbia, of all crimes against humanity and war crimes [press...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed war crime charges against Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi on Thursday for the destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu and ordered him to stand trial. Al...
