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A court in Rome has found that a census aimed specifically at people of Roma origin constitutes illegal discrimination.

More African states need to take steps to make the use of torture a criminal offense, and to set up preventative monitoring and other measures to eradicate its use.

Stripping UK nationality from a naturalized citizen could establish a precedent that would undermine international law aimed at combatting statelessness.

A month after Guatemala’s Constitutional Court overturned the genocide conviction of the former military ruler, the legal process remains in disarray.

An assessment of how Washington’s response to national security disclosures by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden compares with procedures and penalties outside the United States.

A new set of global principles addresses the question of how to ensure public access to government information, without jeopardizing legitimate efforts to protect people from national security threats.

On the heels of a decision by a national court, the Committee against Torture urged the UK to set up a single independent public inquiry to investigate allegations of torture of detainees in Iraq.

The High Court in London has ordered the UK government to overhaul the way it investigates hundreds of allegations of unlawful killings and detainee abuse by British soldiers in Iraq.

The UN Human Rights Commission has found that a 2004 French ban on religious headcoverings at public schools breached a Sikh student’s right to religious freedom.

As Europe's economic downturns continues, the courts are being called upon to adjudicate social justice issues.

Africa's human rights commission has launched its first model law—on access to information—and its first general comments—on the interpretation of an aspect of women's rights.

A ruling from the European Court of Human Rights fails to require government precision in restricting supposedly dangerous anti-democratic speech.

Asociaţia ACCEPT has successfully challenged Romania's handling of anti-gay remarks by the millionaire backer of Steaua Bucharest football club.

A new initiative recognizes the need to address the drivers of excessive and arbitrary pretrial detention that aggravate prison overcrowding.

The number of pending applications before the court is down is down. But a close read of the statistics tell a more unsettling story.

The Court’s ruling in the Kiobel case was a setback for efforts to use United States courts to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses committed abroad.

Guatemala’s current president has joined those warning against a finding of genocide in the trial of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

The prosecution of Rwandan genocide cases in national courts is vital as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda prepares to conclude its work.

On the surface, a proposal that could free people held in prolonged prerial detention in Nigeria looks good, but it won’t deliver genuine reform of a dysfunctional system.

As the push continues to create a new global development framework, the world must recognize the essential role played by the rule of law.