UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein addressed the 33rd session of the Human Rights Council Tuesday and condemned the trend of countries attempting to refuse human rights scrutiny under the UN. Many...

South Sudan officials have said the country will take legal action against the US-based advocacy group, The Sentry , after a report published by the group accused the nation's leaders of profiting from country's violent three-year conflict. The report,...

A UN expert on Tuesday called on all nations to ensure that every existing and future trade agreement abides by and endorses all binding human rights treaties and environmental and health goals. In a statement accompanying release...

Thailand's military government announced on Monday that it will prosecute cases concerning national security and "royal insult" in civilian courts. Dissidents have been tried in military courts since the military seized power in 2014. Junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha [BBC...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that UK courts may decide if the daughter-in-law of Abu Hamza poses a threat subject to triggering a deportation order. The case deals with the rights of immigrants and...

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted to expel the formerly influential congress member Eduardo Cunha on Monday. The vote was largely in favor of ousting the lawmaker for "conduct incompatible with parliamentary decorum." Cunha was charged...

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will introduce legislation to hold a national vote on same-sex marriage after the plebiscite was approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday. The national vote would gauge voters' thoughts on the issue but would...

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that US President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. The Obama...

US Assistant Attorney General John Carlin told reporters Monday that more than 110 people have been charged in federal court since 2013 on counts related to the Islamic State (IS) militant group. In more than...

The Neubrandenburg state court in Germany on Monday started the trial of a 95-year-old former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz camp. Hubert Zafke is charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder for a one-month period...