Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms ...

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At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

Drawing on data from the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, Newsweek has created this map to show countries on the Human Rights ...

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Form Content In this article for International Women's Day,  Alexis Boddy - JURIST UK correspondent, reports on the Equality ...

International law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political ...

similar laws may exist in other countries. For example, Spain grants citizenship to those who fled the Franco dictatorship ...

The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this ...

Mr Justice Charles Meenan noted legislation enacted since last year’s High Court ruling has repealed the State’s designation of the UK as a safe third country. The Civil Law, Criminal Law and ...