A French appeals court on Tuesday rejected an appeal to enforce compensation for Nicaraguan banana plantation workers harmed by pesticides. The Paris appeals court released a judgment stating that “the sums awarded to each claimant… are manifestly disproportionate.” This confirmed the previous decision by the court of first instance. The case was first brought by [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Hungarian government on Thursday for using emergency powers to shut down court cases challenging a municipal tax, describing the move as a “dangerous precedent” that undermines the separation of executive and judicial powers. HRW stated in a press release that the government’s actions are a “severe blow to the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday criticized the UK Labour Party government’s human rights record over the past year, pointing to issues such as its immigration policies, protest crackdowns, and an inadequate response to the cost of living crisis. In the World Report 2026, an annual report which assesses the status of human rights globally, [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a man on Thursday with “forcibly assaulting and interfering with” Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar at a town hall in North Minneapolis. The defendant, Anthony James Kazmierczak, appeared in front of a US District Court in the District of Minnesota following a complaint filed by US Attorney Daniel N. [...]

President Trump issued an executive order Saturday to block judicial processes from being instituted against Venezuelan oil funds held in the US, on the basis that it would “materially harm the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” The order states that any judicial proceedings against funds from “the sale of natural resources” [...]

US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US would “run” Venezuela, following a Pentagon raid on the country that led to the capture and transfer to the US of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores. Trump made the remarks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. [...]

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released its annual report Monday, finding that, while the number of executions in the US increased last year, the number of new death sentences decreased. The following is an overview of the report’s key findings. Death Sentences Decline, Executions Rise The report drew a contrast between new death sentences [...]

The United Kingdom on Tuesday unveiled its reform plans to scrap jury trials for crimes with an expected sentence of less than three years. The measure aims to reduce a “record backlog of cases” in the criminal justice system, which is estimated to rise to 100,000 cases by 2028. In his announcement, Deputy Prime Minister [...]

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the French Journalists’ Union (FJU) on Tuesday filed a complaint with France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office alleging “restrictions on the freedom to inform on war crimes” in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The FJU stated in a press release that the complaint was based on anonymous testimonies collected from [...]

Georgia’s prosecuting district attorney on Wednesday dropped the closely watched case against US President Donald Trump and co-defendants for interference in the 2020 election, stating he made the decision “to serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality.” In a motion of nolle prosequi, District Attorney Pro Tempore Peter J. Skandalakis cited the legal [...]