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The United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement (UN Mechanism) warned Friday against racial discrimination in Italian law enforcement, following a comprehensive mission that included visits to Rome, Milan, Catania, and Naples to assess the intersection of race and law enforcement practices. The UN Mechanism heard testimonies [...]

The Israeli Public Defender’s Office warned in a report on Tuesday against worsening conditions of incarceration in prison service facilities. The report stated that the overcrowding in prison service facilities violated a prior High Court ruling and international standards. It called for immediate actions to improve prison conditions in Israel. The report stated that nearly [...]

The Indian Supreme Court dismissed Tuesday a petition seeking the court’s intervention to increase undertrial prisoner visits to the prisons in Delhi, the capital of India. Undertrial prisoners are accused individuals who are kept in judicial, instead of police, custody while awaiting judicial proceedings on their charges. The petition was filed against the government’s limit [...]

The UK Parliament’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee published an inquiry Thursday that suggested alternative methods must be put in place to reduce reoffending and the strain on Probation Service in England and Wales. As prisons are currently at 99 percent capacity, the report examined how an increased focus on community orders could be effective [...]

Sri Lankan Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake announced earlier this week that President Ranil Wickremesinghe pardoned over 1,000 prisoners because of the Christmas holiday. The exact number released was 1,004, comprising 989 men and 15 women. A majority of those who were pardoned by the president Sunday were those accused of being unable to pay outstanding [...]

The UK government introduced on Tuesday reforms under the Sentencing Bill to crackdown on violent offenders and reinforce victim protection. The reform bill is a part of Sunak’s government’s ongoing crackdown on violent offenses in the UK. The bill aims to see rapists serve their full court-sentenced prison time. On the other hand, the bill [...]

On Tuesday His Majesty King Charles III took part in The State Opening of Parliament,  a ceremonial event that marks the formal beginning of a new parliamentary session. It is a significant constitutional event in the United Kingdom, involving the monarch, Members of Parliament, and other dignitaries. During the State Opening, the reigning monarch delivers [...]

UN human rights expert William O’Neill called for the Haitian government to enact policies to better protect children from the ravages of gang violence in the country Tuesday during an official UN visit. O’Neill warned that gang violence in Haiti not only blocks children’s access to basic services but youths were also recruited by gangs. [...]

This article is the fourth in a series covering attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

Former South African president Jacob Zuma was reportedly released from prison on Friday after incumbent South African president Cyril Ramaphosa approved a remission (i.e. early release) of non-violent offenders. Zuma was sentenced to 15 months prison in July 2021 for refusing to testify before a panel that investigated financial corruption and cronyism under his presidency. [...]