The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the UN Human Rights Office released a joint report on Monday advising Somalia to take precautions to ensure that the human rights violations that occurred last year would not have a negative impact on their peace efforts or future elections. According to UNSOM, these violations had a direct [...]
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the government to return two asylum seekers to the US after they were put on a flight to El Salvador. Earlier this week, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against US Attorney General Jeff Sessions on behalf of the mother and daughter and other women and children who [...]
The Argentine Senate on Thursday rejected a bill that would have legalized abortion in a 38-31 vote after a debate that lasted for more than 16 hours. The measure had passed in the Chamber of Deputies two months prior to the vote, making it the first abortion legislation to successfully make it out of the lower house. [...]
The California Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s decision to uphold Proposition B, a San Diego pension reform initiative. The initiative was first placed on the ballot in 2010 by former Mayor Jerry Sanders after then-Councilman Carl DeMaio suggested that 401(k)-style retirement plans take the place of traditional pensions for future city employees. [...]
In a 258-159 vote, the US House on Tuesday approved a bill to decrease some regulations that Dodd-Frank imposed on banks during the Obama administration. This vote follows an executive order President Donald Trump issued last year, ordering the dismantling of the 2010 law, which was designed to prevent banks from taking risks that would [...]
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday vacated the Trump administration's efforts to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects undocumented immigrants who were brought to...
A federal judge on Thursday enjoined the US government from sending a US citizen who has been detained in Iraq for almost a year to another country. This order follows the American Civil Liberty Union's request ...
Iraqi women and children are being denied access to humanitarian aid and are not allowed to return to their homes because of their alleged association with the Islamic State (IS), according to a report published Tuesday by Amnesty...
A Brazilian federal judge on Thursday issued a warrant for former president Luiz Inacio da Silva's arrest. Judge Sergio Moro issued the arrest warrant several hours after the Supreme Federal Court's denial ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he is cancelling Monday's relocation agreement with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agreement followed harsh criticism Israel received after the government approved a plan that would require asylum...
