The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided on Friday that the standard of proof required in major disciplinary offense proceedings for inmates would be raised from a “balance of probabilities” to “beyond a reasonable doubt.” This decision comes n John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), in which it was successfully argued that [...]

The Constitutional Court of Romania unanimously decided on Tuesday to deny the candidacy of independent leader Călin Georgescu in the upcoming election. This decision irrevocably rejects Georgescu’s appeal of the nullification of his candidacy by the Central Election Bureau (BEC) two days earlier. The reasoning cited by the court was a failure in his constitutional [...]

Italy’s highest appeals court ordered the government to provide financial compensation to a group of migrants who were confined to an overcrowded coast guard ship for ten days on Friday. Most of the 190 Eritrean migrants were not allowed to disembark at a port in Malta following an order from the former interior minister Matteo [...]

The Law Commission of Ontario (LSO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Monday released a background report on the ongoing Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on the development of AI. The report serves as a follow-up review of the LSO and OHRC’s initial 2024 HRIA framework which was created as a tool to [...]