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...

The Malaysian Parliament passed an Anti-Fake News bill on Monday, outlawing fake news in an effort to prevent corruption. The law seeks to criminalize acts and publications that would deceive the public. Specifically, the : "reating,...

The Israeli government reached a common understanding Monday with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to remove half of the African asylum seekers to Western countries. The UNHCR will facilitate the departure of 16,250 migrants from Israel to various...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Saturday that Mr Al Hassan was surrendered to the court's detention center in the Netherlands by Malian authorities. According to the arrest warrant , he is accused of crimes...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. A judge for the US...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. The case will focus on alleged phone calls that transpired between Sarkozy and a French...

The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), a UN quasi-prosecutorial body, issued a...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied Saudi Arabia's motion to dismiss a lawsuit for involvement in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Victims and families...