The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) on Friday released a statement defending the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the announcement of a campaign by the United States Department of State that seeks to paralyze and ultimately dissolve the Court. The network reiterated that the ICC, created by the 2002 Rome Statute, is an independent [...]

Argentina protested against a UK vessel, HMS Medway, for its allegedly illegal approach to the Falkland Islands through Argentina’s territorial water, in a Thursday post on X (formerly Twitter) by its Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno. The post came after Argentina’s national team displayed a controversial slogan relating to the territory at the end of its [...]

A UN expert urged the UK government on Tuesday to protect women’s rights by maintaining single-sex spaces and services. The appeal comes as a draft Code of Practice is pending approval by the country’s Parliament, of which some members consider the draft a “deliberate rollback of minority rights in the UK for trans people.” The [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled on Friday that the police must transmit an expunged misconduct record to the prosecution if it is relevant in a criminal proceeding. Civil rights group welcomed the ruling, calling it a “big win for the rights of the accused and police accountability.” Justice Sheila Martin, penning the unanimous [...]

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association on Thursday urged the federal government to affirm the right to seek medical assistance in dying (MAiD) of patients whose sole underlying medical condition is mental illness. The statement comes after Canada’s Parliament received a report from its special joint committee, suggesting an indefinite exclusion of patients with mental illness. [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada has allowed former Alberta lawmaker Joseph Anglin to sue former provincial chief electoral officer Glen Resler for election interference. The ex-lawmaker is claiming damages of over CAD$2.2 million. At issue was whether any law bars the lawsuit. As Anglin’s lawsuit admitted that he lost the 2015 provincial election result, the [...]

A coalition of over 60 Canadian rights groups denounced on Friday the rushed enactment of the Combatting Hate Act in Parliament. The groups criticized the law for its vagueness and potential unintended chilling effect on the right to peaceful assembly. The statement described the act as combating hate at the expense of the fundamental rights [...]

A coalition of Canadian civil rights groups on Wednesday called for privacy legislation to regulate the collection of personal information by federal national parties. The appeal comes after Parliament repealed a related law in March. The statement said federal political parties remain left out in the current Canadian privacy framework, allowing them to collect voters’ [...]

The Canadian Parliament adopted reform legislation on Tuesday to impose more stringent bail conditions and harsher sentencing guidelines on violent crimes. While supporters welcome the enactment, critics question the law’s effectiveness and warn of worsening pre-trial jail conditions. The Bail and Sentencing Reform Act made over 80 changes to the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal [...]

The UK Court of Appeal held unanimously on Monday that the government’s designation of Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organization is lawful. Following the ruling, the Metropolitan Police arrested 117 protesters from outside the court for supporting the advocacy group. The appellate court concluded that the designation passed the proportionality test—which requires a policy objective [...]