The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Mexico's National Workers Union (MNWU) filed a complaint with the US National Administrative Office (NAO) Thursday claiming that Mexico is preparing...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the deadly Mosque attack in eastern Benghazi that left 34 people dead and 90 wounded, the majority of whom were male civilians including three young children. According to a...

In a statement celebrating World Leprosy Day, a newly appointed UN human rights expert specializing in leprosy warned that people with the disease continue to face discrimination and lack of access to medical care. Latest statistics show that...

The European Court of Justice on Thursday dismissed Austrian attorney Max Schrems' class action privacy lawsuit against Facebook, ruling that Schrems can sue Facebook in his home country as an individual. Schrems has continually campaigned against Facebook's...

The European Court of Justice on Thursday struck down a sexual orientation test used to consider asylum seekers' applications but upheld the use of experts to determine credibility of claims made in the application. The case arose...

A Brazilian federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld former president and current presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's corruption conviction, which could prevent him from continuing his election campaign. Lula was convicted in July on several corruption...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Department of Defense must give the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 72 hours notice before transferring an American detained abroad in order to allow for a legal...

The president and first vice president of the European Commission expressed concern Wednesday about Romania's progress promoting the rule of law. The comments represent the Commission's reaction to the most recent report of the Co-Operation and...

A newly declassified investigation has revealed that the US military knew about at least 75 reported human rights abuses by Afghan military and police but used a legal loophole to keep funding the Afghan units. These human rights abuses included...

The EU's Commission on Competition on Wednesday announced a USD $1.23 billion antitrust fine against US chip maker Qualcomm . The commission charged Qualcomm with suppressing competition in the market for phone and...