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The successful passage of Nigeria's first Freedom of Information law provides a case study in how a small group of committed activists can inspire a wider movement for change.

Azimjan Askarov, Kyrgyzstan's best known political prisoner, has just celebrated his 60th birthday in jail. His case stands as an indictment of the Kyrgyz government's treatment of its ethnic Uzbek minority.

New revelations about the CIA "black site" on Polish soil underscore the need for Europe's human rights court to act.

It is time for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to move forward in his commitment to justice and accountability over the 2009 atrocities in Sri Lanka.

Continued official secrecy over the existence of a CIA "black site" on Polish territory in 2002-03 continues to cast a shadow over the important strategic relationship between Washington and Warsaw.

A constitutional challenge in France could force the government to enact new laws that will safeguard against ethnic profiling by police, making France the only country in continental Europe to do so.

Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.

It might seem quixotic for the International Criminal Court to indict Libya's unrepentant leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi. But the call for justice can have a pragmatic effect too.

The International Day Against Homophobia is being celebrated—and no doubt hated—around the world on May 17.

With the al-Nashiri rendition case, Europe has a chance to show the world that its human rights charter means what it says.

The Open Society Justice Initiative is calling on the European Court of Human Rights to intervene urgently in the first death penalty case to be tried by U.S. military commissions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has finally taken on a case—and it's a big one. The court recently weighed in on the ongoing human rights crisis in Libya.

Roma schoolchildren in Greece and their families are returning to the European Court of Human Rights, demanding an end to segregation in Greek schools.

More than 30 years after the murderous Khmer Rouge were driven from power in Cambodia, the effort to bring justice to the victims stands on the brink of ignominious failure.

With a recent decision, a British court brought us one step closer to disclosure of the role the UK played in the secret detention and transfer of terror suspects. It's time for other countries to follow suit.

Something strange is happening in Europe. After years of inaction, governments are suddenly getting serious about arrest rights. Why? The answer, in a word, is "Salduz."