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Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees....

The Angola Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed four opposition parties' challenge to the August 23 election in which one party gained over 60 percent of the popular vote. The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola party (MPLA)...

Increasing violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become more ethnic-based, according to a report released Friday by a team of UN human rights investigators. The UN team based their...

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, the leader of a militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), turned himself in to UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on Wednesday. The DRC took out a warrant [Reuters...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the human rights situation in Kasai. Kasai province is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and has...

The President of Congo's Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante (CENI) , Corneille Nangaa on Friday warned the presidential election may be postponed due to sectarian violence. Nangaa make the remarks during an interview...

The United Nations (UN) and the World Bank announced a partnership on Saturday to build resilience for the most vulnerable of the world. This effort will focus on "reducing poverty, promoting shared prosperity, enhancing...

Spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) , Babar Baloch, said in a press release on Friday that over 11,000 refugees from the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have recently escaped to...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday awarded symbolic reparations for the victims of a deadly 2003 attack by forces under the control of Germain Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ICC Trial...

Brazil's federal prosecutors filed new corruption charges against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday. Da Silva is already involved in two other corruption investigations. In September a Brazilian judge accepted charges against da Silva that...