American citizens have been confronted with a deadly wave of armed violence in the final days of the year.

Women in Australian prisons are consistently exposed to various forms of violence, while systemic suppression often prevents victims from reporting the abuse.

The Government of Germany should not reverse its track record of promoting human rights-based development within German borders and beyond, a UN expert said today.

The United States must lift the unilateral sanctions imposed on Cuba that are causing significant effects across all aspects of life on the island, the Special Rapporteur on negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on human rights Alena Douhan said today.

US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.

Repeated and systematic lethal attacks by the United States military on boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific raise grave concerns about the commission of potential international crimes, UN experts warned today.

U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to create a “small army to counter civil unrest across the United States,” according to The Washington Post, citing informed Pentagon sources.

Germany, which has tightened its immigration policies over recent months, is now seeking to make laws stricter and deport more asylum seekers to other countries.

Europe’s JUSTICE ministries have a problem. Courts are locking up more criminals, but figuring out where to put them is proving tricky. In a growing number of countries, prisons are packed to the rafters. Occupancy levels now average close to 95% in the European Union; they exceed 100% in near...

Since the United States seized control of Guam during World War II, the US military has slowly turned the Pacific island into a military garrison, destroying cultural sites, food sources, and, importantly, limestone forests that contain medicinal plants used by the Indigenous Chamorro people.