The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday urged the government of Sri Lanka to adequately investigate alleged war crimes that occurred during the country's 26-year civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Supreme Court of Chile violated a Chilean woman's right to equality and non-discrimination when it took away her children...

The president of Mali was removed from office on Wednesday after Malian soldiers took control of the government and suspended the constitution. After removing President Amadou Toumani Toure , the soldiers announced the suspension of the constitution...

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) Board of Pharmacy on Wednesday appealed a February ruling on access to emergency contraception. The appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit argued...

A Brazilian federal prosecutor on Thursday filed criminal charges against Chevron, Transocean Limited and 17 executives in relation to an oil spill that occurred late last year. The indictment charges the companies and a number of their...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU-PA) on Wednesday sued the Solanco School District in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on behalf of an 11-year-old girl who is required to submit to a drug...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon urged Malaysian lawmakers on Thursday to observe international human rights standards when devising the country's new security act. Malaysia's Internal Security Act of 1960 (ISA) , which allowed the imprisonment of individuals deemed...

The European Commission on Thursday referred Hungary to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for violations of EU rules related to the taxation of telecommunications operators. Article 12 of the EU's Authorisation Directive...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri declared a state statute banning the burning of the American and Missourian flags unconstitutional on Wednesday. Judge Carol Jackson heard a case...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Vasquez v. United States on whether the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit violated the Supreme Court's precedent on harmless...