The nation of Vanuatu on Monday filed an application with the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) against France, ...

Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a reform to the Organic Law of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice expanding the Judicial Nominations Committee from 21 to 23 members and ...

United Nations experts on Tuesday issued a press release demanding an end to the unlawful attacks and killings carried out by the United States military on purported drug-trafficking boats in the ...

A UN independent expert on Monday called for Tajikistan to enact freedom of information and whistleblower legislation, saying such laws are needed to protect public access to budget and debt ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a historic preservation group that sought to indefinitely stop the construction of a ballroom at the White House. In a 5-4 vote, the court held ...

Human Rights Watch reported Monday that the Foreign Aids (Regulation, Transparency, and Disclosure) Bill (FA Bill) proposed by Nigerian Senator Ibrahim Dankwambo allows the government to regulate and ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Wednesday called for an end to attacks directed ...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Friday struck down a ban on immigrant visas for ...

Few atrocities have been documented as extensively as the Srebrenica genocide. Yet three decades later, denial remains ...

US District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday canceled her earlier ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the US ...

International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances Imagine a knock at the door, and a loved one disappears without a trace. For thousands of families around the world, this ...

Peace negotiations are often driven by an urgent imperative: stop the violence. But when those accused of war crimes remain ...