The Botswana High Court on Friday ruled that members of a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights group could formally register their organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced . The ruling was made in response to a petition filed by Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO) to register under the Botswana Societies Act. [...]

The issue of accountability of those responsible for crimes against humanity in the country remains at the top of the agenda, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in the People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Marzuki Darusman said Friday. The comments come a few days ahead of the General Assembly’s vote on a resolution which [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that religious non-profit groups’ rights were not violated when required to certify that they are opting out of the contraception mandate , a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Priests for Life and the Roman Catholic [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a petition for certiorari on behalf of same-sex couples in Ohio with the US Supreme Court on Friday asking the court to resolve a circuit split on the issue of same-sex marriage. Earlier this month the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit became the first federal [...]

The UN commission of inquiry for the Syrian Arab Republic reported on Friday that the Islamic State (IS) is responsible for war crimes on a “massive scale” in Syria. The report is based on 300 witness accounts that detail the extent of IS’s abuse of Syrian civilians in areas under the group’s control. The UN [...]

Jose Luis Abarca, the former mayor of the Mexican city of Iguala, was charged Friday with six counts of aggravated homicide and one count of attempted homicide by prosecutors in the state of Guerrero. The charges stem from the September 26 disappearance of 43 students who who were en route to Iguala to protest lack [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that a term of good faith performance is now an implied requirement in all contractual agreements. The court found that Canadian courts’ resistance to ruling on the issue of good faith performance in contracts has created an “unsettled and incoherent body of law … which is difficult to [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday reversed the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Court decision that a portion of the tax code giving clergy housing allowances, is unconstitutional. The plaintiffs challenged 26 US Code Section 107(2) , which excludes from taxation rental allowances given to clergy [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied the motion to intervene on Wednesday in the case of Edward Peruta v. County of San Diego . In February 2013 the Ninth Circuit held the permit review process established by San Diego County infringed upon the rights of Californians under the Second Amendment of [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday denied Abigail Fisher’s petition for a rehearing en banc in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin . The judges for the Fifth Circuit voted 10-5 to deny the petition. The case is on remand from a June 2013 decision [...]