UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Gabriela Knaul said Sunday that lawyers and judges in the Maldives are not adequately independent from outside influence . The special rapporteur pointed to...
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UN expert: Maldives judges, lawyers facing outside pressure
ACLU appeals decision allowing Guantanamo testimony censorship
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Kansas high court rules non-biological same-sex parent can have parental rights
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HRW urges two countries to give detainees access to lawyers
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Iowa high court rules woman must be buried in Iowa against her will
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US appeals court rejects Illinois’ request to reconsider concealed guns ruling
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UN official urges Security Council to send more forces to DRC
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Three briefs filed with Supreme Court in case challenging DOMA
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Uruguay high court declares dictatorship trials unconstitutional
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Puerto Rico Supreme Court upholds same-sex adoption ban
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed an appeal in the Guantanamo Bay military tribunal, the US Court of Military Commission Review , to an...
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a non-biological mother of children conceived using assisted reproductive technologies has parentage rights under Kansas law. Kelly Goudschaal and Marci Frazier were in a committed, long-term, same-sex...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran to allow detainees access to lawyers and provide them with basic rights. It urged UAE to not only grant immediate...
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a woman whose will designated that she be buried in Montana must be buried in Iowa at the behest of her husband. It ruled that the state's...
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit refused on Friday to rehear a case decided in December that struck down Illinois' ban on carrying concealed weapons. Last month, Illinois Attorney General...
In a statement to the UN Security Council on Friday, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roger Meece urged the council to deploy an additional military brigade to help the "overstretched" peacekeeping mission in...
Three briefs on the merits were filed with the US Supreme Court in the case US v. Windsor on Friday on the issues of the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)...
The Uruguay Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a 2011 law allowing for investigations into crimes committed during the country's 1973-1985 dictatorship is unconstitutional. Uruguay's legislature passed the law in 2011, allowing the government to investigate human rights violations...
Puerto Rico's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law banning same-sex couples from adopting children. The case was brought by a woman who wanted to adopt the child of her partner...
