The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called U.S. strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean ...

Quo Vadis?International peace and security has always been an ultimate objective since the time of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871. Contemporary international relations began as from this date in ...

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said she had no ...

Alumnae Ballroom recently filled with the sound of music and conversation as attendees from around the world convened at the ...

Two city court judges in central and western New York, each of whom turned 70 this year, are challenging the state's mandatory requirement rules, which they argue must be overturned because of a new ...

A comedy festival in Saudi Arabia featuring high-profile American performers is drawing intense criticism from human rights advocates who say the star-studded event helps gloss over the kingdom’s ...

Ms. Callamard is the secretary general of Amnesty International. Mr. Borello is the acting executive director of Human Rights Watch. When the world emerged from the horrors of World War II and vowed ...

In a decision as striking for its pointed warnings about President Trump as it was for its legal conclusions, a federal judge in Boston on Tuesday ruled the federal government violated the free speech ...

The summer blockbuster, directed by Shen Ao and starring Liu Haoran, dramatizes the horrors of the Nanjing Massacre and has earned over $417 million at China’s box office. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

Young climate activists who brought a landmark constitutional lawsuit against the U.S. government 10 years ago are taking their quest for justice to an international tribunal. The nonprofit law firm, ...

Malaysia is preparing to amend its Protection of New Plant Varieties Act to join the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by 2026. UPOV membership is a key ...

A prominent Cornell law professor is demanding a civil rights investigation into allegations that one of his colleagues attempted to exclude an Israeli student from a course on the Gaza Strip. Earlier ...