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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

US District Judge Indira Talwani on Thursday issued a 14-day temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking key provisions of a new US Postal Service (USPS) rule implementing President Donald Trump’s ...

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

Taiwan’s Central Election Commission on Friday refused to put judicial caning to a referendum, with all seven members unanimously deciding that the referendum proposals were inconsistent with its ...

Judge Myong J. Joun of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Wednesday granted a Temporary ...

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

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