The UK High Court ruled Thursday that those convicted of prostitution do not have to reveal that conviction. The plaintiffs were three women who were "groomed, trafficked, and prostituted" as teenagers and were later convicted of...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned Syria that air strikes, shelling and use of toxic agents in Eastern Ghouta likely constitute war crimes. Zeid asserts that the citizens of...

Mexico's Lower House of Congress approved a bill Thursday that would place regulations on crowdfunding and cryptocurrency firms. The bill previously passed the senate and still...

Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) on Wednesday upheld the 2012 changes to the Brazilian Floral Code that reduced protection for rainforests in Brazil. The 2012 changes included granting amnesty...

A UN expert on foreign debt, finance and rights warned the Human Rights Council Wednesday that various austerity measures can lead to serious human rights consequences and should no longer be ignored. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, the...

A group of rights experts from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Wednesday demanded that the US government release Guantánamo detainee Ammar al Baluchi, a 40-year-old Pakistan national, stating that his detention the center is "arbitrary...

A UN rights expert told the Human Rights Council that states are obligated to protect human rights defenders who assist hundreds of thousands of people who are on the move each year. The term "people on the move"...

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture expressed concerns Tuesday after allegations of torture and human rights violations committed by Turkish police arose following the end of his visit in December 2016. According to Nils Melzer, those suspected of...

The European Commission on Wednesday released a draft agreement for the UK's withdrawal from the EU. An accompanying press release credits the Commission's transparency policy for the draft's publication and highlights its main points. These include: the...

Germany's Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled Tuesday that cities have the right to restrict the use of some diesel vehicles based on emissions. The ruling comes from decisions in two separate...