The Indonesian Central Jakarta District Court rejected a lawsuit brought by Acehnese community leaders to protect the valuable Leuser tropical forest from exploitation by mining companies. The court rejected the case because it found that the Aceh province's bylaw...

Three justices on the Israeli Supreme Court have been sued for voting in favor of authorizing the construction of Israel's wall around the West Bank, which the International Court of Justice found illegal [advisory opinion,...

The Ontario legislature on Tuesday passed the All Families are Equal Act , recognizing same-sex couples as parents when they utilize assisted reproduction. The prior parentage laws, untouched since 1978, only recognized the birth parent when assisted...

The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill was given royal assent and became law on Tuesday. The bill gives the UK's intelligence agency a wide variety of tools to monitor the online activity of all UK citizens. The bill...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Monday urged the Burundi government to allow UN police officers into the country to monitor potential human rights abuses. CERD says it has deep concerns...

The Egyptian State council, a part of the Egyptian judicial system tasked with reviewing proposed legislation, approved a bill Monday regulating and restricting non government organizations (NGO) operating in Egypt. The bill would require NGOs to...

UN Secretary-General-elect Antonio Guterres said while visiting Beijing on Monday that he wants UN peacekeepers to be better trained and more respectful of human rights. Guterres stressed the need "to make sure that there is an effective combination...

A group of German lawyers on Monday announced the filing of charges against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, alleging that he committed war crimes in Aleppo. As Germany has the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows countries to sue foreigners...

The German Federal Court of Justice has upheld the conviction of former Nazi SS Officer Oskar Groening, for his role in the deaths of over 300,000 people during...

The Balochistan High Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . Musharraf is accused of involvement with the murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti [Al Jazeera...