UN experts on Friday called for a swift and effective investigation into the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history after a raid in a Rio de Janeiro favela last week killed at least 120 ...

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s adoption of a landmark declaration ...

JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School on the prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that the US Department of Agriculture must use previously appropriated contingency funds to continue food stamp benefits, blocking the agency's plan to suspend payments ...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Thursday about violent protests that erupted in Cameroon following the announcement of the presidential election ...

UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan members on Wednesday voiced concern over the growing risk of nation-wide conflict returning to the country. The commission pointed to increasing armed ...

A federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with firing almost every employee working within the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) agency, Community Relations Service (CRS), ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed alarm on Wednesday about Turkish government proposals to criminalize people within the ...

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court Monday to overrule an injunction set by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia preventing the administration from firing Shira ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called for the reversal of a Kyrgyzstan court ruling issued on Monday. The Oktyabrsky District Court ruled that publications by the ...

The United States and Vietnam have announced the completion of a framework for an anticipated trade deal in the coming weeks.

Twenty-six states sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the department’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition ...