The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that Myanmar unprecedently has the highest number of civilian causalities from anti-personnel landmines, with children making up over a third of these numbers.

William Hibbitts is JURIST's Deputy Editorial Director, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He filed this dispatch from Halifax.  The atmosphere in Halifax was marked by contrasts Saturday. On ...

Thousands of protesters gathered across French cities on Saturday to condemn femicides and sexual violence against women in light of the Pelicot trial and US president-elect Donald Trump’s victory.

Belarusian opposition activist Vasil Verameichuk has been detained in Vietnam and extradited to Belarus, where he faces accusations of terrorism and a possible death penalty, the opposition in exile ...

Albania's Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday condemned the deactivation of addresses of ethnic Albanian ...

The Nicaraguan parliament on Friday unanimously approved partial constitutional reforms proposed by President Daniel Ortega.

The Venezuelan Attorney General's Office announced Friday a new criminal investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for allegedly endorsing proposed US economic sanctions against ...

A US federal judge on Thursday denied Target Corporation's (Target) motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging the ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) condemned Iran for its insufficient cooperation regarding its nuclear program, ...

Negotiators from the Association of Small Islands States (AOSIS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) walked out of ...

The Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine has reaffirmed its ...

The father of a 14-year-old accused of killing four people in a mass shooting pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday. Colin Gray waived his arraignment, entered a not-guilty plea, and ...