UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein reaffirmed the UN’s long-standing position against the death penalty Wednesday and urged member states to end its use. In his opening statement at the biennial high-level panel discussion on the death penalty, Zeid condemned the practice by pointing to its infringement on human dignity. He [...]

The EU Parliament adopted a resolution on Thursday directing the EU Commission to take measures to temporarily reintroduce visa requirements for US and other nationals whose countries still do not grant visa-free access to nationals of five EU countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania. The parliament wants the Commission to set a one-year suspension for [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify killings in the country’s war on drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte has conducted a large scale war on drugs in the Philippines, including sanctioned killings of anyone who sells or uses drugs in the nation, according to the rights group. [...]

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in Coventry Health Care of Missouri, Inc. v. Nevils , a case that required the court to decide whether an insurer, guaranteed a right of subrogation through a Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA) policy, actually has such a right when it is in contravention of the [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colorado ruled Monday that there was a sufficient basis for a class action lawsuit, brought on behalf of former and current inmates against one of the nation’s largest private prison companies, thereby certifying class status. GEO Group , the private prison management company that [...]

The UK House of Lords voted on Wednesday to amend HL 108 , also known as the Brexit bill to protect residence rights for EU citizens. With a vote of 358 to 256, the Lords voted to allow EU citizens who are residents of the UK to remain as residents after Art. 50 is triggered [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday overturned a Texas District Court decision awarding Smartflash LLC a $533 million patent verdict against Apple . Smartflash asserted that Apple had infringed on media management patents held by Smartflash through Apple’s creation of the iTunes software. The appeals court found Smartflash’s claims to [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Bethune Hill et al v. Virginia State Board of Education at al that Virginia’s redistricting scheme must be examined for racial bias. The case revolved around around the drawing of district lines in Virginia and whether race was a predominant consideration in the drawing of new districts after [...]

Around 330 individuals were put on trial Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup in Turkey last July . The charges against the suspects range from murder to attempts to remove the government and prevent the parliament from conducting their work. If convicted, the individuals could face up to multiple life sentences. The [...]

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that St. Louis may raise its minimum wage in 2018. The court found that the city acted within its charter authority when it approved a wage increase to $11 an hour. The ruling by Missouri’s highest court reverses a circuit decision that struck down the increase in 2015 [...]