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In cities across Western Europe, young men of color are subjected to discriminatory police stops, contributing to a profound sense of alienation—not just from the police, but from society at large.

Members of the UN Human Rights Council have raised concerns over ethnic, racial and religious profiling in the way British police carry out “stop and search” checks.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has overturned a blanket ban that prevented pretrial release pending trial for anyone charged with certain categories of drug crime.

France’s new prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, says his government is planning to introduce a system of “receipts” aimed at tracking police stops that have been found to focus disproportionately on Arab and African youths.

The head of Malawi's Paralegal Advisory Service Institute talks about how an innovative legal aid scheme for pretrial detainees in Malawi sowelaid the groundwork for new global UN guidelines on access to legal advice.

Many of the cases brought before the UN Committee against Torture are brought by people who claim that their extradition or deportation would put them at risk of torture. But sometimes, the situation is compounded. What if a request for...

Members of the UN have agreed that properly funded legal aid schemes are not just optional, but should be a basic part of any country's justice system.

European governments are discussing the future of the European Court of Human Rights. For Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries, the importance of the court has never been greater.

Police in the UK have argued that those who swear at them during street encounters are likely to cause them alarm and distress, thereby allowing them to use their powers of arrest. A recent ruling rejected the practice.

Juveniles held in pretrial detention are exceptionally vulnerable to abuse; demanding systems that can make rational decisions about incarceration that protect both the safety of the community and the rights of the child.

In a case related to forgery and EU subsidies, the European Court reaffirmed the importance of the right of accused persons to present and challenge evidence and underscored that these rights must be respected at all stages of proceedings.

For the first time, the Inter-American Court will take on a case that raises the issue of a state's obligation to give proper consideration to requests for asylum and not to return a person to a country where they would be at risk of ill-treatment.

The International Criminal Court issued its first judgment today—a milestone in the path towards accountability.

I previously expressed dismay and pessimism about the "progress" on LGBT rights at the United Nations. Unfortunately my fears were well-founded and the Human Rights Council debate on March 7 on the topic was a circus.

Footage being collected in Syria by smart phones and video cameras has the potential to provide documentation which could serve as critical evidence in future criminal trials.

Two fresh studies have again criticized the Czech Republic's failure to stop channeling Romani children into dead-end "practical" schools—which leaves them under-educated and unqualified for a job—at a rate which dwarfs their non-Romani classmates.

Britain’s debate over the use of classified intelligence material in court highlights the need to set an appropriate and transparent balance between what may legitimately be held in secret, and the public’s right to know.