South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Guen-hye. The final vote count was 234 to 56, well beyond the two-thirds majority needed for the impeachment motion to pass. More than 60 members from Park's conservative...

A UN report released on Thursday stated that failure by parties in eastern Ukraine to implement the Minsk Agreements has led to numerous human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians. This has mainly become a concern for those who...

The Dutch disctrict court of Haarlem said Friday that Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch right wing political party, Party for Freedom , has been convicted of inciting discrimination. The incident in...

Lebanese lawmakers took steps on Wednesday to overturn a law that allows rapists to avoid prosecution if they marry their victims. Article 522 of the penal code was ratified in the 1940s and maintains that those found guilty...

The South Korean Parliament on Thursday introduced a motion to begin impeachment proceedings against President Park Geun-hye. The opposition-led parliament will need at least three-fourths of the parliament's votes for the motion to proceed. The motion is only...

The European Commission on Thursday announced plans to take action against seven member states for failing to fulfill their obligations under EU law when they did not set up penalty systems to deter manufacturers from violating...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered France, which is investigating Equatorial Guinea's Second Vice President Teodoro Obiang, to respect the rights of a building deemed to be part of the Equatorial Guinea's diplomatic...

The High Court in Nairobi ruled Wednesday that an HIV data collection directive violates fundamental rights to privacy and is therefore unconstitutional . The data collection was ordered by President Uhuru Kenyatta last year...

A UN human rights report published Wednesday calls for action to be taken in order to reunite families who were separated along the Korean Peninsula following the Korean War. The report highlights the different forms of familial...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday endorsed a partial ban on burqas and niqabs. Merkel said that "the full facial veil is inappropriate and should be banned wherever is legally possible." The chancellor's party, the Christian Democratic Union...