A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former president Francisco Flores to stand trial on corruption charges. Flores is charged with embezzlement and illegal enrichment for allegedly diverting USD $15 million from Taiwanese donation to his personal and...

A Dominican court on Wednesday blocked a new law that would have decriminalized abortion if a pregnant woman's life was at risk, thus reinstating a total ban on abortion within the country. The Constitutional Tribunal's ruling, which upholds a law...

The Hungarian government on Thursday filed a challenge in the European Court of Justice to the EU's quota plan that will distribute refugees throughout the member states. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that migrants...

Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, beginning in 2021. The 16 constitutional amendments were approved in a vote of 100-8 in a legislature where sitting President Rafael Correa's political...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned rights violations against the of children in Iraq by the Islamic State (IS). Ban stated, "I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the continuous grave...

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment on Thursday spoke at the Paris Climate Conference, reminding all nations that environmental issues are human rights issues. The conference includes 190 nations discussing a new...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslav (ICTY) publicly announced on Tuesday confidential charges and arrest warrants for contempt of court against three people involved in the Vojislav Šešelj trial ....

The Constitutional Court of Spain on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a resolution by the Parliament of Catalonia that proposed a plan for the region's independence from Spain by 2017. The resolution...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that thousands of people, including children, are being arbitrarily detained in Libya . The report highlights torture and other forms of ill-treatment in four prisons in Tripoli and Misrata, which...

Impeachment proceedings were opened against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday for allegations of violating fiscal laws and manipulating finances. Rousseff's political enemy and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha accepted...