Brazil must place more emphasis on remedying and preventing business-related human rights violations, according to a report presented Friday by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights . In its report, the Working Group...

Canada's Liberal government said Thursday that it would strike an amendment expanding the definition of who may seek physician-assisted suicide. The bill , which was passed Wednesday by the Senate , would allow individuals that are not...

A group of independent UN human rights experts urged India on Thursday to repeal a law increasingly being used to obstruct civilian access to foreign funding. This news comes in the wake of a six-month suspension on the...

A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. The...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Tuesday declassified 50 documents related to its detention and Interrogation program pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This several hundred-page release covers internal CIA...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday rejected a challenge to Britain's refusal to pay family welfare benefits to unemployed EU migrants who do not have the right to reside in the UK. The judges ruled...

A Bahraini court on Tuesday issued a three month suspension of the group Al-Wefaq. . The court found that the group has engaged in "terrorism, extremism, and violence." The ban is pending a verdict to determine...

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks reported Wednesday that Poland's legal and institutional framework threatens human rights . The Commissioner is particularly concerned with the "paralysis" of the constitutional court. The report...

Venezuelan government officials on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to deny a referendum to remove President Nicolas Maduro proposed by opposition leaders. Following the declaration by the National Electoral College (CNE) that more than 600,000...

In response to the mass killing in Orlando, the UN's top human rights official on Tuesday urged the US to increase its gun control measures. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein stated...