The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) urged New Zealand on Thursday to take stronger action to reduce its rising prison population and better support its independent monitoring ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the Mexico Supreme Court's decision to deemphasize legislative consultation with people with disabilities prior to enactment of law that may effect ...

The New York Attorney General and a coalition of 20 Democratic states sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday for withholding federally funded services from domestic violence survivors who ...

A coalition of more than 25 US cities and counties filed suit Monday to challenge new conditions on federal emergency management grants, alleging that the Trump administration has unlawfully ...

Three-quarters of Europeans believe large companies should be held accountable for human rights and environmental violations across their global supply chains, even as the European Union moves to ...

The current political climate in the United States has raised serious concerns regarding the potential overreach of executive ...

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday that stated the US will consider any attack on Qatar an attack on the US and will employ any diplomatic, economic, and military ...

In an emergency press release on Wednesday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) reported that its Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by Israel in international waters, roughly 80 nautical ...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, freezing the termination order until January 2026 oral arguments. Trump ...

French authorities announced Thursday that they will bring to trial the captain of the ship Boracay, a suspected Russian oil transport vessel that has been blacklisted by the EU as a part of ...

The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit Tuesday against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, alleging violations of citizens' Second Amendment rights and ...

The Des Moines School Board, the largest school district in Iowa, placed its superintendent on unpaid administrative leave on Monday after the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked his ...