In a unanimous decision in April, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit gave new life to a hard-fought effort by ...

In a unanimous decision in April, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit gave new life to a hard-fought effort by residents of St. James Parish in Louisiana to seek a moratorium on new ...

United Nations (UN) experts condemned Friday the criminal prosecution of 10 members of the Istanbul Bar Association and its President, İbrahim Kaboğlu, as well as the arrest of board member Firat ...

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter said on Friday that Rwanda needs to better distribute its wealth to protect populations that are still living below the ...

The US Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) on Thursday, effectively narrowing the scope of the statute's required environmental ...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Jersey held Wednesday that the law used to deport Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil may be unconstitutionally vague. However, the ...

The European Union (EU) ratified the UN Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ or 'High Seas Treaty') on Wednesday, ...