Joshua Villanueva is JURIST’s Washington, D.C. Correspondent and an LL.M. candidate in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law at The George Washington University Law School.  The US ...

UN experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, on Tuesday cautioned that a pending amendment to Peru's General Law on Persons with Disabilities risks ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday denounced France's short-term residency system as a systemic violation of human rights as it traps migrant workers in a cycle of discrimination, leaving them ...

A coalition of California voters and the state's Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the legality of Proposition 50's congressional redistricting maps. The lawsuit argues ...

UN experts expressed concern on Tuesday about Indonesia's continued disregard for its indigenous people's fundamental rights. They urged the Indonesian government to recognize indigenous peoples and ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres pushed for unity and respect for ceasefire agreements in a press conference at the Second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar on Tuesday.  Guterres ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised alarm on Wednesday over a spike in cholera cases in Haiti’s West department. The statement emphasized 'the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore ...

Voters in six states Tuesday approved sweeping constitutional amendments that restrict voting access, limit judicial discretion on bail and constrain future legislative authority, raising concerns ...

Chief Judge John McConnell for the US District Court of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that the Department of Transportation (DOT) cannot require states to cooperate with federal immigration authorities ...

Amnesty International and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) intervened Monday on behalf of Zambian residents in an appeal in a South African mining case. South Africa's Supreme Court of ...

UN human rights experts raised concerns on Tuesday over 'repeated and systematic lethal attacks' directed by the US against vessels in the 'Caribbean and Eastern Pacific,' which could constitute war ...

The UN adopted the Doha Political Declaration at the second World Summit for Social Development in Qatar on Tuesday, calling on countries to 'integrate quality education as a core component of ...