UN experts on Friday called for a swift and effective investigation into the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history after a raid in a Rio de Janeiro favela last week killed at least 120 ...

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s adoption of a landmark declaration ...

JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School on the prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International ...

A federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with firing almost every employee working within the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) agency, Community Relations Service (CRS), ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that the US Department of Agriculture must use previously appropriated contingency funds to continue food stamp benefits, blocking the agency's plan to suspend payments ...

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern Thursday about violent protests that erupted in Cameroon following the announcement of the presidential election ...

UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan members on Wednesday voiced concern over the growing risk of nation-wide conflict returning to the country. The commission pointed to increasing armed ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed alarm on Wednesday about Turkish government proposals to criminalize people within the ...

Twenty-six states sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the department’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition ...

A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday halted the Trump administration’s plans to layoff thousands of federal employees in the wake of the government shutdown, ruling that the administration ...

The United States and Vietnam have announced the completion of a framework for an anticipated trade deal in the coming weeks.

Forget the TV drama of “democracy under attack.” There is no season twist on Capitol Hill, no slick villain delivering a chilling monologue to a string-quartet soundtrack, and no mastermind plotting ...