Egypt's Court of Cassation on Thursday ordered a retrial for 16 out of 43 defendants who were charged with receiving illegal foreign funds without a license "for restricted activities against state policy." The defendants had received...

After late-night deliberations, the Supreme Court of Brazil on Thursday allowed an arrest warrant for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to go forward . Lula was convicted in July of corruption...

Judge Carmen Lamela of Spain's National Court on Wednesday charged the former Catalan chief of police, Josep Lluís Trapero, with sedition for his role in the 2017 independence...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday rejected a complaint from a German national concerning his 2015 prosecution and conviction in a Munich court for the posting of a picture in his blog post of...

Exiled Venezuelan supreme court justices met in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday to conduct a preliminary hearing on corruption allegations against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro brought by the country's former top prosecutor, Attorney General Luisa Ortega. The self-proclaimed...

New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation to allow people who were previously convicted of homosexual offenses to have their criminal records wiped. The bill "seeks to reduce prejudice, stigma, and all other negative effects" that would come from a...

UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. "Migrants, regardless of their status," the...

At the conclusion of a 10-day visit to Thailand, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights issued a statement Wednesday saluting progress by the Thai government but urging improvements in some areas. The group's...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he is cancelling Monday's relocation agreement with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agreement followed harsh criticism Israel received after the government approved a plan that would require asylum...

Nauru announced Monday it is cutting ties with the High Court of Australia and establishing its own Court of Appeals. On its Twitter page, the Republic of Nauru said : As a sovereign nation with a democratically...