Debt bondage remains the world's leading form of slavery despite being outlawed in many regions, according to a report presented Thursday by a UN human rights expert. UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery Urmila...

A Swedis appellate court in Stockholm on Friday upheld the arrest warrant and detention order issued six years ago against Julian Assange . The warrant, which Assange has challenged multiple times, was issued in 2010...

The EU General Court on Thursday upheld sanctions against former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych . Following an uprising in 2014, Yanukovych fled to Russia, and the EU imposed sanctions for embezzlement and wrongdoing. Yanukovych successfully...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will work to prosecute environmental crimes, according to a policy paper published Thursday detailing how the court will select and prioritize cases. The court made the paper available...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would temporarily block the transfer of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The bill, which passed with a 244-174 vote, would prevent...

A new UN report released Thursday found a dismal situation in eastern Ukraine with regards to human rights. As a result of escalating hostilities the past few months, the report cites an increasingly disturbing disregard for...

Recently appointed Kosovo war crimes prosecutor David Schwendiman of the Special Investigative Task Force vowed to investigate all war crime suspects, "fairly, vigorously and without fear" on Thursday. Many of the suspected offenders are former members...

Amnesty International (AI) released images from the "desert no man's land" between Jordan and Syria on Thursday showing thousands of refugees trapped in the area. The images show how dire the humanitarian situation has...

Legislators in Turkmenistan on Wednesday amended the nation's constitution to allow President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow , to remain in power indefinitely. Berdimuhamedow praised the amendment, which not only extended the presidential term by two...

Bosco Ntaganda , a former rebel in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has begun a hunger strike and is refusing to appear at his trial to protest the conditions of his detention. Ntaganda is on...