France's highest administrative court on Monday reversed the ban on breeding killer whales and dolphins in captivity. The Council of State's decision to annul the ministerial decree comes less than a year after it was signed. They...

Twenty-five children and young citizens of Colombia between the ages of seven and 26 on Monday filed the first ever climate change litigation in Latin America. The plaintiffs, represented by Dejusticia, come from 17 regions classified...

The UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday invalidated mass surveillance as part of legislation that was passed in 2016. The legislation, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA), was passed initially as an emergency provision in 2014....

Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Monday announced his Cabinet's approval to hold a referendum on abortion in late May or early June stating the exact date will become clear after a debate and vote in the Dáil...

Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was reportedly charged Saturday with "inciting subversion of state officials" after writing a letter calling for reform to China's constitution. Yu was arrested outside his home in Beijing nearly two weeks ago for...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Sudanese government on Monday to immediately release peaceful protesters from detention or grant them full due process. The demonstrators were arrested while protesting Sudan's 2018 budget, which triples the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the government of Sri Lanka on Monday for not repealing its "Draconian" counterterrorism law. HRW accused the government of using the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) to arbitrarily detain...

A UK judge ruled Monday that life sustaining medical treatment is not in the best interest of a severely disabled 11-month-old boy and that doctors could withdraw his life support without the consent of his parents. Isiah was...

The Federal Court of Malaysia on Monday unanimously voided the unilateral conversion of three children to Islam without their mother's consent, requiring the consent of both parents to change a minor's religion. The decision ends...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A group of five UN Human Right's experts on Friday asked Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. The experts are concerned with a...