The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. Chief Justice Frank Clark said the ban is...

UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein urged the government of Papua New Guinea on Friday to provide greater enforcement of their laws and to combat corruption. The high commissioner stated that Papua New...

The governor of Bermuda on Wednesday signed a bill into law that repeals same-sex marriage, reversing a Supreme Court ruling. The Domestic Partnership Act gives domestic partners rights that are similar to married couples, but not...

Bangladesh's Fifth Special Judge's Court of Dhaka found former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia guilty of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison on Thursday. She was convicted of embezzling close to USD $250,000 in donations for...

A court in Amsterdam on Thursday referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the question of whether British nationals lose their EU citizenship after UK's departure from the EU becomes official in March 2019, and...

India's antitrust watchdog, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday imposed a USD $21.17 million fine (1.36 billion rupees) on Google for "search bias" and abuse of its dominant position. The order was passed in...

International Criminal Court (ICC) her decision to open a preliminary examination into allegations of human rights violations committed in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte and...

A Kenyan lawyer was reportedly deported on Tuesday after being charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga. The lawyer, Miguna Miguna, was to appear in court under orders from the...

Australian officials are abusing prisoners with disabilities, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disabilities are at especially high risk, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report , titled, "I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished":...

UN expert Paulo Pinheiro on Tuesday reported civilian violence in Syria is dramatically increasing, causing internal displacement and an estimated quarter of a million civilians to flee the country. Pinheiro, Chairperson of the International Commission of Inquiry on...