The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) published its 2018 report Monday, reviewing 100 companies based on their adherence to UN General Principles on Business and Human Rights, and finding that most companies are falling short. Each company received a score between 1-100 percent based on six categories. Governance and policies made up 10 percent of [...]

The National Hockey League (NHL) on Monday announced that it had reached asettlement in a Minnesota court with a group of more than 100 former players who allege that they suffered a series of ailments as a result of their time playing in the NHL, including Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, ALS and CTE. The tentative settlement amount [...]

West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry’s resignation will take affect at the close of business Monday. Loughry submitted his resignation to West Virginia Governor Jim Justice who accepted it effective Monday. The governor had convened a special session of the state legislature set for Tuesday to consider Loughry’s removal as one of the four [...]

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood on Friday announced a settlement agreement reached with Abbott Laboratories regarding breast-feeding and formula feeding habit surveys that Abbott Laboratories sent to new mothers between March 2015 and April 2017. The surveys that were sent by Abbott Laboratories used a logo for “National Institute of Infant Nutrition.” The surveys were [...]

Three decades after the initial filing, a special anti-corruption court on Friday sentenced former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, to serve 6-11 years in prison for each of seven counts of violating anti-corruption laws. She is accused of funneling USD $200 million into Swiss bank accounts under the name “John Lewis” in the [...]

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq on Monday convicted five members of the Islamic State to death by hanging. The five members were accused of detonating a car bomb at an Iraqi Army security checkpoint in Baghdad, resulting in the death and injuries of 13. According to the Media Center of the Supreme Judicial Council in the Rasafa Federal [...]

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned warning the government of Myanmar Monday against the repatriation of Rohingya Muslims to the Rakhine State in northern Myanmar. The UNHCR urged the government to allow the Rohingya refugees to “go and see the conditions in Myanmar for themselves” before they decide whether it is safe enough [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday granted the Trump administration a temporary stay in an environmental suit brought by young Americans. The suit was originally brought in 2015 by 21 young Americans ranging from 11-22 years of age alleging that the US government has created a national energy system that [...]

Experts of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Thursday said that a Spanish Supreme Court case set milestone in international human rights law. In its decision, the Spanish Supreme Court found for a victim of domestic violence, enforced compliance with the committee’s recommendations and recognized the violation of the [...]

The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled Friday that denying prisoners the right to vote is inconsistent with the country’s Bill of Rights. This ruling reaffirms a previous declaratory statement issued by New Zealand’s High Court. Section 12 of New Zealand’s Bill of Rights reads: Every New Zealand citizen who is of or over the [...]