While Colombia has made notable progress in protecting the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and gender-diverse ...

The US Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that New York state has violated federal civil rights law by banning Native American school mascots while permitting mascots derived from other ...

Amnesty International decried an Italian government order Saturday, claiming its elevated sanctions against activists, prisoners and migrants constitute a potential grant of arbitrary law ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced alarm on Friday over the conviction of Kyrgyz whistleblower Zhoomart Karabaev, calling it a troubling example of how Kyrgyzstan's justice system punishes those who ...

Iran has reportedly executed at least 500 people so far this year, averaging three executions per day, reported Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) on Thursday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Iranian ...

The United Nations called for global action to reduce climate change's impact on water-related ecosystems in an international preservation conference on Friday. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina ...

Escalating violence in Indonesia's West Papua region is threatening the security of the largely indigenous population amid intensified clashes between Indonesian security forces and separatist ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged El Salvador Friday to repeal its newly enacted 'foreign agents' law, calling it a direct threat to press freedom and civil society. The law, approved ...

In a unanimous decision in April, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit gave new life to a hard-fought effort by ...

The European Union (EU) ratified the UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ or 'High Seas Treaty') on Wednesday, ...

The first day of June marks the centennial of Pierce v. Society of Sisters, a landmark civil liberties decision in which the ...

The US Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Thursday, effectively narrowing the scope of the statute's required environmental ...