The UK Court of Appeal on Thursday approved the National Health Services (NHS) to fund research into the HIV drug PReP. The ruling has established that NHS England has the ability, but not...

The president of the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Theodor Meron , demanded the release of Turkish judge Aydin Sefa Akay in an address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. The General Assembly [official...

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) informed the UN Security Council on Wednesday that the ICC wants to significantly expand investigations in Libya in 2017. The ICC began work in Libya in 2011...

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged Myanmar's Parliament to align its draft prisons law with international human rights laws and standards. The draft prisons law, designed to repeal the 1894 Prisons Act, the 1900 Prisoners Act...

The constitutional court of Italy overturned a mandate that went back to ancient Roman law, when it granted mothers the right to name their children with their own surnames on Tuesday. In its decision, the court...

The Irish government announced Tuesday that it would submit its appeal within the week against the European Commission's demand that Apple pay back-taxes. In a statement on Tuesday, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said ...

Former Chinese Deputy Minister, Zhang Liju, was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison after having been convicted of taking 2.4 million yuan ($354000.58 USD) in bribes. The Beijing Second Intermediate Court handed down the...

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against the government in two cases that were challenging the government's "bedroom tax." The two decisions were in contrast to the other five cases that were decided in favor...

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara signed a new constitution into law on Tuesday. Voters endorsed the new charter with over 93 percent of the vote in a referendum last month, and the Ivory Coast court upheld...

UNICEF urged the government of Myanmar Tuesday to protect its children, particularly those in regions most embroiled in conflict. The statement calls attention to the area of Rakhine State , highlighting the concern for those children who...