The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on Wednesday condemned the rise in civilian casualties in the Eastern Ghouta region of Syria resulting from the recent increase in airstrikes and ground-based attacks...

Canada filed a 32-page complaint against the US at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday concerning certain laws, regulations and other measures in relation to US anti-dumping or countervailing duty investigations, reviews or other proceedings....

Myanmar prosecutors said Wednesday that two Reuters journalists have been charged with obtaining state secrets. Journalists Wal Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested on December 12, 2017, while investigating the government's crackdown on the Rohingya minority group in the...

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issued an opinion Wednesday urging the court to void the EU's fisheries agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco. Advocate General Melchior Wathelet grounded his decision in the...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Wednesday issued a unanimous advisory opinion that member states "must recognize and guarantee all the rights that are derived from a family bond between people of...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a 72-page report on Monday documenting widespread discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) individuals in Ghana both in public and private or family settings. The report, titled "No Choice but...

The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that the national anthem does not have to be played prior to screening of films in theaters. An order on November 30, 2016, had required the playing of the national anthem...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen on Monday, announced the termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established this designation for over 200,000 Salvadorans after the...

The Supreme Court of India agreed Monday to re-examine Section 377 , which criminalizes sex between people of the same sex. In its order, the court noted that, "social morality also changes from age to...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. The Oslo District Court ruled Thursday that the government may allow Arctic drilling. The ruling...