The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on Tuesday to improve the efficiency and implementation of mandates across the UN system. The resolution includes a series of reforms outlining how the General Assembly, working groups, and other entities within the UN will develop and effect mandates which guide member states. The reforms range from requiring [...]

Human Rights Watch published a report Monday identifying numerous programs throughout the US that provide alternatives to traditional police response for emergency mental health crises. The report, “‘Self-Determination is the Pathway to Liberation’: Alternative Mental Health Crisis Response in the United States,” surveyed 150 non-police crisis response programs across the US. Focusing on eight of [...]

Minnesota sued the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday over their refusal to provide state investigators with access to evidence regarding three shootings by DHS agents in the state. The complaint alleges that DHS and DOJ unlawfully denied the state’s requests for evidence pertaining to the shootings. [...]

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) sued the Trump administration Monday for pausing payments for the long-stalled Second Avenue Subway Project. The complaint alleges that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) failed to reimburse the MTA over $50 million, as required by contract. The MTA and DOT entered into a Full Funding Grant Agreement [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Monday granted the government’s motion to stay a lower court order, which prohibited the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from removing migrants to third countries. The court did not explain its order, stating only: “Defendants’ emergency motion for stay pending appeal is granted.” The grant [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic sued the US Defense Department (“Department of War”) Monday after the Department declared the company a “supply chain risk” and threat to national security. Filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint alleges that the designation violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), First Amendment, [...]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a man convicted of possessing child pornography did not have his constitutional rights violated when Google scanned his account for harmful material. The court rejected defendant Rauch Sharak’s argument that Google is an agent of government and therefore violated his right to privacy in conducting a search [...]

UN experts called for fairness and transparency on Monday during the murder trial for those accused of ordering the killing of Brazilian human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes. Experts noted that the trial was the “final chapter” in a fight for justice, after long delays prevented the conclusion of the investigation. [...]

A US judge ruled Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as the time period for his removal period has expired and further detention would violate due process. Judge Paul Xinis for the US District Court of Maryland found that the government has a limited time period to detain someone [...]

A US judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration must reinstall a museum exhibit about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia. Judge Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, found that Department of the Interior violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by removing the slavery exhibit. The court [...]