The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday suspended its chief prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct. The unprecedented move places Khan’s future in the hands of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), which will convene a special session to determine whether he remains in office. The allegations, first reported in 2024 to the [...]

The UN climate chief, Simon Stiell, called on countries Monday to take urgent steps to implement their commitments to mitigate climate change and accelerate the energy transition. His comments came during the opening of the UN Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany. In his speech, Stiell emphasized that the climate crisis is the most urgent challenge [...]

Riigikohus, the Estonian Supreme Court, in an 11-6 decision on Monday refused to declare as unconstitutional a set of amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act (the Act) that would have restricted domestic religious organizations from associating with a foreign religious organization or spiritual leader. The Court rejected Estonia President Alar Karis’s assertions that the [...]

The Hong Kong Legislative Council’s panels on Security, and Administration of Justice and Legal Services (the Panels) on Monday proposed a new “subsidiary legislation” under Article 23 of Hong Kong Basic Law, empowering the chief executive to certify “other offences endangering national security under the law of  the HKSAR .” Specifically, the proposal paper states: [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will move to revoke citizenship from 17 naturalized citizens. Denaturalization cases are rare; from 1990 through 2017 there were only 305 denaturalization cases, or an average 11 per year. In that same time period, approximately 644,000 immigrants became US citizens each year. Under federal law, [...]

US President Donald Trump nominated Todd Blanche on Monday to the position of the country’s 83rd attorney general. Blanche has served as acting attorney general since the resignation of Pam Bondi. He is now in line for the full-time position pending Senate confirmation. Blanche began his legal career as a paralegal in the criminal division [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Monday that the expansion of US sanctions against Cuba is causing widespread harm to the population and endangering lives, calling for the sanctions to be lifted immediately. Türk’s statement identified two overlapping measures: the national emergency declared by President Trump in January, which disrupted fuel shipments [...]

UN rights experts on Monday condemned Nigerian authorities in response to ongoing reports that mass killings, kidnappings, forced conversion, sexual violence, and enforced disappearances are disproportionately targeting women and girls in Christian and minority religious communities. In commenting on the sheer gravity of the crimes, the experts stated: The deteriorating security situation in northern Nigeria [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday vacated the $100,000 fee, part of a change in immigration policy, for H-1B visas that President Donald Trump had imposed by proclamation in September. The H-1B visa program allows employers to hire non-immigrant aliens for “specialty occupations” that require expert training [...]

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Monday signed Senate Bill 90, which takes a collection of scattered hate crime statutes and creates a comprehensive hate crime code. A press release from the the governor’s office states that the law “will improve the ability of police and prosecutors to charge criminals with hate crimes and seek their [...]