On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General of Ghana Justice Srem-Sai shared a post on social media saying that Chief Justice Getrude Torkornoo had filed a lawsuit against the Republic of Ghana at the ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria on July 4. The court of justice of the Economic Community of West African States has jurisdiction [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. On Monday, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Election Commission’s (ECI) decision to verify and revise the State of Bihar’s electoral rolls as it awaits assembly elections later this year. This [...]

Yesterday the country woke up to yet another day of commemoration, marking 35 years since the famous Saba Saba Movement, first held on July 7, 1990. The movement began as a protest, demanding multiparty democracy against the then-government’s autocratic regime. Despite the protest being banned, key opposition leaders still convened in Nairobi. This resulted in [...]

The chair of Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats (LSD) announced Sunday that the pro-democracy party will disband, marking the dissolution of the last remaining active pro-democracy group in Hong Kong. Chairperson Chan Po-ying cited “immense political pressure” as a key factor behind the decision and voiced concerns about the potential consequences for group members. [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) commended Vietnam’s National Assembly on Friday for its decision to abolish the death penalty for eight criminal offenses while also urging additional action. While hailing the partial abolition as a “historic vote,” the OHCHR called on the country to take further steps by abolishing [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. His statement came in light of the intensifying hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Türk expressed grave concern over [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed serious concern on Monday over Egypt’s newly approved draft Code of Criminal Procedure, citing potential violations of international human rights laws. The draft law was recently passed by Egypt’s House of Representatives and currently awaits President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s approval. The new law [...]

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) raised  serious concerns Thursday about prison conditions and psychiatric care practices across Europe. The 34th General Report highlights issues pertaining to prison overcrowding, the continued influence of informal prisoner hierarchies, and the excessive use of pharmacological treatments [...]

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding accountability for violations and abuses by Syria’s ousted Bashar Assad regime through transitional justice, and declaring support for “the commitments of the interim authorities” to an “orderly and inclusive transition,” and to establish a timeline for free elections. Assad al-Shaibani, foreign minister of [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned the “systematic attack” on the rights of Baloch activists in Pakistan. The organization called for the immediate release of detained protesters, including prominent human rights defenders Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch and Bebarg Zehri, and demanded a thorough investigation into the police violence during a March 21 protest in [...]