The European Court of Human Rights says individual governments can decide how to implement a ban on convicted prisoners voting.

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UK can decide votes for prisoners

Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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Syria town shelling ‘kills 34′

Senior judges at the European Court of Human Rights are due to meet to decide whether cleric Abu Qatada can appeal against deportation from the UK.

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Abu Qatada appeal request debated

The Jordanian authorities are violating people’s right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.

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Jordan ‘suppressing free speech’

Unlocking the secrets of the human voice

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Unlocking the secrets of the human voice

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says an agreement reached at a conference in Brighton will make “a big difference” to the operation of the European Court of Human Rights.

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Clarke hails deal to reform court

Radical cleric Abu Qatada cannot be deported yet from Britain, the European Court of Human Rights says, after an appeal was lodged.

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Abu Qatada deportation appealed

A brother and sister from Germany, who had an incestuous relationship and claimed the right to a family life, lose their case at the European Court of Human Rights.

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German incest pair lose in court

Foreign policy analysts explain why Americans should care about what happens in Syria beyond the human suffering in the conflict.

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Why Syria should matter to Americans

The European Court of Human Rights ruled against five terror suspects Tuesday saying that they can be extradited to America despite their claims that they will be poorly treated.

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Terror suspects can be sent to U.S.

Amid seesawing temperatures, suspicion is focused on the decline of sea ice in the Arctic, believed to be a consequence of the human release of greenhouse gases.

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Arctic Sea Ice Eyed for Clues to Weather Extremes

The power of the human brain is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection

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VIDEO: Grey matter: Exhibition of the brain

Israel has cut working relations with the UN Human Rights Council, officials say, after it decided to investigate settlements in the West Bank.

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Israel escalates UN rights spat

The government calls for the European Convention on Human Rights to be substantially rewritten so national courts have a much greater say.

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UK call for European court change

The European Court of Human Rights says Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya.

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Italy chided over Africa migrants