The United Nations Security Council on Friday extended the UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) by two months until December 15, 2015. The UN Security Council voted 13-0 to adopt resolution...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Malaysia Federal Court on Thursday for overturning a prior ruling that declared a discriminatory transgender law unconstitutional. The November 2014 ruling by the Putrajaya Court of Appeal reviewed...

The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursdayupheld the dismissal of a case investigating the Rwandan genocide . Spain modified its universal jurisdiction laws last year, and the court refused...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is seeking to open an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed during the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, and that the matter has been assigned [decision,...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Mexican government to cease using their military as law enforcement and replace the current force with well trained police officers. The...

The UN issued the Revised Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Wednesday to improve the treatment of prisoners throughout the world. Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, spoke on behalf of Secretary-General Ban...

Brazil's Federal Accounts Court (TCU) on Wednesday determined that President Dilma Rousseff's government accounting practices were illegal. Rousseff's administration allegedly took out unauthorized loan money from state banks...

Transparency International and the UNCAC Coalition on Thursday urged the Mongolian parliament to veto a new bill that contains provisions granting amnesty to individuals being investigated for corruption. They argue that...

The High Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that the genetic material, BRCA1 , is not a "patentable invention" under §18(1)(a) of the Patents Act 1990 . Holding that allowing the gene...

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Mumtaz Qadri, a former police guard respected within Pakistan for killing politician Salmaan Taseer over his support for a woman convicted of blasphemy. Taseer was...