A unanimous ruling by the Utah Supreme Court Tuesday denied a petition by citizens to block the governor’s and legislature’s actions on a medical marijuana bill. The case revolves around two tools the citizens of Utah have for enacting laws through ballot measures. First, in an initiative, upon receiving a sufficient number of verified signatures, [...]
Twenty-one humanitarian organizations issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning the Greek government's decision to reinstate a migrant "containment" policy after it was struck down by the nation's highest administrative court. Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Human Rights Watch...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday dismissed a complaint challenging that state's limits on charter schools. Massachusetts' charter school law sets a limit on the total number of charter schools...
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled on Wednesday that the state's death penalty statute does not violate the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of "the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" Maurice Mason, a...
After a 10 day visit to Ghana, the UN Special Rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights released a preliminary report Wednesday urging Ghana to address growing inequality and poverty. The full report will be forthcoming in June...
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , along with the attorneys general of 14 other states and the District of Columbia, filed a motion Monday to intervene and defend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) against a challenge...
After late-night deliberations, the Supreme Court of Brazil on Thursday allowed an arrest warrant for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to go forward . Lula was convicted in July of corruption...
At the conclusion of a 10-day visit to Thailand, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights issued a statement Wednesday saluting progress by the Thai government but urging improvements in some areas. The group's...
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Governor Scott Walker's attempt to delay special elections for two vacant seats in the state's legislature . Walker had appealed after a county court ruled...
At the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday, 45 nations condemned the increasingly authoritarian actions taken by the regime in Cambodia. Last fall, opposition leader Kem Sokha was jailed and is being held in terrible conditions...
