On October 9, Human Rights Watch with Tokyo-based Human Rights Now and Peace Boat held an event at the Japanese Diet to press ...

In 1837, a small steamboat called The Caroline was seized and set ablaze by British forces on American soil. The fallout nearly reignited war between Britain and the United States—but it also gave ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has joined the Center for Constitutional Rights in filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) guidance and ...

Victorian is set to formalise the first Treaty between First Peoples and the State in Australia, with the Statewide Treaty Bill 2025 (Vic) currently before the Parliament. The legislation will ...

Cyprus is “proof of the vital importance of respect for international law”, the country’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maria Michael said.Addressing the UN general assembly’s sixth ...

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday no other country sees Britain as anything other than a defender of international law when asked whether passing the Internal Market Bill had hurt ...

Action on climate change is urgently needed if we are to protect public health and health systems from the catastrophic impacts of climate-driven extreme events, including tropical cyclones, heatwaves ...

THE Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance on Wednesday launched the second iteration of its International Human Rights Law Certificate Course ...

Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, also criticized a wider "backlash" in some countries against ...

We spoke to legal expert Tom Dannenbaum about accountability efforts and how the US’ response is threatening to break the ...

Understanding maritime boundaries is crucial for international relations, law, and resource management in the world's oceans.

World leaders and human rights groups say Israel violated international law when it seized boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. It's not the first time Israel has done so, and the debate over its ...