Judges Amy St. Eve and Michael Scudder appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday for a discussion centered around the fiscal accountability and oversight of the federal courts. The judges spoke on topics such as calls for impeachment of federal judges, budgetary concerns, and the need for increased [...]

The 25th of June 2024 will forever be remembered in Kenyan history as the heroic day when Kenyan youth demonstrated and breached the country’s parliament buildings with in frustration at the members of the parliament who had acceded to the passing of the finance bill of 2024, a punitive bill which, if assented to law, [...]

One year down the line, and the streets of Nairobi are still marred with the blood of youth protesters and activists. As Kenyans mark a year after the 2024 Finance Bill protest, a day to remember the souls that succumbed to police brutality then, the degree of police brutality and the lack of government accountability [...]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset on Wednesday agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, following Europe’s endorsement of the proposal in May. The agreement, which will be supported by all 46 Council of Europe member states, will establish a tribunal [...]

Several organizations signed a joint statement on Wednesday, calling for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to take action put an end to the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses. The 70 organizations that signed the joint statement published by Amnesty International urged [...]

Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, drug trafficking, vandalism of state property, sabotage, and acts aimed at overthrowing the government. Out of the 439 delegates present, 429 voted in favor, representing nearly 90 percent of the legislature. [...]

A group of 21 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to declare that a key tool President Donald Trump’s administration has relied on to cancel federal grants is being used unlawfully. The complaint said that the states have lost billions of dollars for crime prevention, education, medical and scientific [...]

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) on Tuesday said that Serbia needs to take further action to “protect people deprived of their liberty from torture and ill-treatment.” During a week-long mission to Serbia, the SPT visited prisons, police cells, remand centers and homes for the elderly and children. The delegation also conducted interviews [...]

Earlier this month, Dutch Member of Parliament Kati Piri (GroenLinks–PvdA) introduced a parliamentary motion calling for a complete arms embargo on Israel, including a suspension of defense-related exports such as those contributing to the Iron Dome system. Although the motion was ultimately rejected by the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer), its contents and rationale [...]

Hong Kong Deputy High Court Judge Frankie Yiu refused to grant leave for a constitutional challenge against a provision criminalizing the incitement of casting invalid votes. In the judgment issued Tuesday, Judge Yiu ruled that the challenge is not reasonably arguable because the provision is necessary to improve the electoral framework. The impugned provision is [...]