The International Labor Organization (ILO) announced Wednesday that the Convention on Domestic Workers (CDW) , which states that workers who manage families and households for a living should be guaranteed the same labor rights as all other...
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A Brazilian federal judge in Para on Friday agreed to conduct the first trial against members of its former dictatorship for alleged crimes during the military's rule from 1964-1985. The defendants are two retired army reserve members,...
The US Supreme Court on Friday added two new cases to its docket for next term. The first case, The Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles , involves the procedural issue...
After being awarded $1.05 billion by a jury last week for patent infringement, Apple filed a motion with the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday asking it to block eight...
Myanmar's army is still committing human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Karen state, according to a report released Monday by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) . PHR's findings were based on a field...
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Saturday that he will introduce a bill in October to the National Assembly and Senate that would allow same-sex couples to get married and adopt children. Ayrault made...
The Idaho Supreme Court announced Friday that on Monday it will begin streaming video of all oral arguments held in Boise live for the public to see. The live videos will be available on the...
The Utah Attorney General's Office said in court documents filed with the US District Court for the District of Utah on Friday that the state's immigration law should be allowed to...
A judge for Australia's Queensland District Court has, for the first time in Australian jurisprudence, defined the term "conception" as the act of getting pregnant. Judge Leanne Clare defined "conception" Wednesday as "the commencement...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that French authorities raided two camps inhabited by Romanian Roma early Thursday morning and evicted all of the more than 200 residents, leaving them without homes. The same day, 240...
