A new Human Rights Watch report includes graphic details about the alleged 'dehumanizing' conditions in which ICE detainees ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued its ruling on States’ legal obligations in relation to climate change.

Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection ...

The world’s top court has said a healthy environment is a human right, and governments could be violating international law ...

The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says a nurse, who was sanctioned by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Brussels has accepted the case of Bogdan Syrotiuk.

On Tuesday, a packed crowd of advocates and family members of migrant detainees gathered outside the gates, alleging a ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is generally agreed to be the foundation of international human rights law. Adopted in 1948, the UDHR has inspired a rich body of legally binding ...

Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

Judges with the United Nations’s top court say in a landmark climate decision that a “clean, healthy and sustainable environment” is a human right.

El Salvador's most prominent human rights group says it's been forced into exile, citing threats and harassment from the ...

PennLive reporter Joshua Vaughn has been named the Human Rights Champion of the Year by the Pennsylvania Prison Society for ...