The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear cases over state policies concerning the public school-funded sports teams that transgender students may join. The plaintiffs, two transgender women ...

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov, a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova, a 'Mediazona' journalist, on a wanted list on Friday, according to ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Friday that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan are escalating rapidly as over 1.4 million people, mostly returnees from Iran and ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has praised the recent advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) as a 'landmark step forward,' urging ...

Europe’s top human rights body on Friday raised concerns that Serbian authorities were using violence and capricious arrests to disperse protests against President Aleksandar Vučić’s populist ...

The US Supreme Court confirmed Thursday that the US government may proceed with the deportation of eight migrants to South Sudan.  This order comes at a time when the US State Department has issued ...

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday of ongoing mass atrocities and attacks on medical facilities in Sudan’s ...

Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to local ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a pair of consolidated cases that could reshape the legal landscape for state-run transportation systems operating across state lines. The court ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on UN member states Thursday to renew the mandate of the independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) published its opinion on Thursday that all countries in the Americas have legal obligations under human rights law to confront the climate crisis.

Too often we tend to think that the Declaration of Independence was a creature which sprang to life between June 7, 1776, ...