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Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin announced her retirement as a Non-Permanent Judge (NPJ) in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) on Monday following the June 6 resignations of two other overseas NPJs, UK Lords Collins and Sumption. “It has been a privilege serving the people of Hong [...]

Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said in a statement about her latest report on the situation in Gaza: In this darkest hour, the international community cannot continue to ignore that it is Israel’s project to rid Palestine of Palestinians in defiance [...]

Pita Limjaroenrat, former leader of Thailand’s progressive opposition Move Forward Party (MPF), on Sunday announced nine defenses for fighting the case pending at the Constitutional Court which could lead to the dissolution of the party. Limjaroenrat’s party is facing a petition from the Election Commission for proposing to amend the country’s royal insult law, also known [...]

The National Union of Banks, Insurance Companies, Financial Institutions, and Businesses of Mali (SYNABEF) announced Saturday that it would prolong its work stoppage from June 9 until authorities release their secretary general, Hamadoun Bah, and all their detained colleagues. In their communique, SYNABEF’s National Executive Board urged its members to adhere to the directive, and [...]

The Hong Kong Department of Justice ordered two convicted protesters to each pay over HK$1.7 million in damages on Friday, local media outlet Hong Kong Free Press said in an exclusive report. The amount covered all costs associated with two police officers’ injuries caused by the protesters’ assault in a 2019 protest. The government relied [...]

Recently, in Karthick v The Registrar General (‘Karthick’), the Madras High Court (‘MHC’) addressed a crucial issue concerning the need to balance the concept of open courts with the right to privacy. At the core of the issue was a plea to redact the name of an accused from a judgment after his acquittal. The [...]

The Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow ordered the detention of French citizen Laurent Vinatier on Friday, accusing him of collecting information on military issues in Russia. Specifically, Vinatier has been charged with violating the rules of foreign agents’ activity under Part 3 of Article 330.1 of the Russian Criminal Code. If convicted, he faces up to [...]

The European Commission announced on Friday that Ukraine and Moldova have met all the requirements needed to start negotiating the countries’ EU membership. European Commission Spokesperson Ana Pisonero confirmed at a press conference that all the necessary criteria had been met by the two countries and that the decision to adopt the negotiation framework and [...]

Former UK judges Lord Collins of Mapesbury and Lord Sumption have reportedly resigned from their positions as judges in the Hong Kong Courts. The former UK Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption has, according to the Financial Times, promised to make a statement “in due course.” The news of Lord Collins’s resignation was broken Thursday morning [...]

Mykyta Vorobiov is a Ukrainian-born political analyst, journalist, and political science student at Bard College Berlin. For the last two years, he has been developing articles on politics and law for CEPA, VoxEurop, JURIST, and others. Mykyta’s co-author Yelyzaveta Nezhyva is a Ukrainian activist and a political science student at Bard College Berlin. Over the [...]