The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state's laws governing DNA testing. The majority opinion was written by ...

The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concern Friday after visiting Peru, where it observed serious issues such as prison overcrowding, lengthy pretrial detention, and a ...

The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic called Thursday for urgent institutional reform of the country's electoral authority, warning that its ...

Rights groups have criticized recent US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC), its staff, and those cooperating with it, including the designation of the ICC prosecutor and four ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday warned that a newly enacted law in Ecuador threatens the rights and protections of children, particularly those recruited or used by organized crime groups. The ...

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management that the members of the US Preventive Services Task Force were properly appointed under Article II of the Constitution, preserving ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday said Kyrgyzstan's parliament passed two bills that allow the authorities to restrict media ...

In a 6-3 ruling released Friday, the US Supreme Court found that a universal-service contribution scheme does not violate the nondelegation doctrine, which restricts Congress' ability to delegate ...

Two national immigrants’ rights organizations filed a federal class-action lawsuit on Friday seeking to block US President Donald J. Trump’s controversial executive order ending birthright ...