The high commissioner stated that Papua New Guinea has "exemplary laws and policies in place to protect human rights, but they are reportedly often not enforced." Human rights defenders have claimed that "the laws were often not translated into practice, and law enforcement officials and communities were often unaware of them."

The high commissioner claims major corporations in the country have violated the laws with impunity.

The report [text], titled, "I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished": Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Disabilities in Australia, set forth findings from research conducted from June 2016 to January 2018, that show people with disabilities experience grave physical, emotional and sexual abuses in Australian prisons.

The lawyer, Miguna Miguna, was to appear in court under orders from the High Court, but was instead deported overnight after an invalid law, applied by another court, caused him to lose his Kenyan nationality.

The Act on the Institute of National Remembrance - Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation [text] imposes up to three years in prison for associating Holocaust crimes to Poland.

Zeid also criticized the country's blasphemy laws as "ill-defined" and described them as a weapon to oppress minority religious groups.

The preliminary reference procedure is made under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of EU (TFEU) [text, PDF], which permits national courts of EU member states to refer questions concerning the interpretation EU law to the ECJ.

Buhari announced [Tweet] Executive Order 5 (EO) via his official Twitter account stating: "the EO is expected to promote the application of science, tech and innovation towards achieving Nigeria's development goals." Additionally, the EO prevents the Ministry of Interior [official website] from issuing visas to foreign workers for job positions that Nigerian citizens themselves could perform.

The court found earlier this month that the oil and gas exploration was permissible under Norway's anti-pollution laws [text, PDF] and did not violate the Paris Agreement [materials].

Greenpeace Nordic and Nature and Youth [advocacy websites, in Norwegian] filed this appeal arguing that Norway should be held responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions emitting from its oil and gas exploration.

The appeal was filed to the Supreme Court of Norway [official website].

Lauri Love, a British student, was indicted on charges [JURIST report] of hacking into US government websites in 2013, along with other unnamed co-conspirators, stealing huge amounts of data.