Six transgender residents of Idaho have filed a challenge Thursday to their state’s new bathroom law. The suit, filed by attorneys from the ACLU and Lambda Legal, alleges that the law violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The law, which takes effect on July 1, is the [...]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday warned that Israel’s new death penalty law for Palestinians is racially discriminatory, a “retrogression” of human rights, and constitutes segregation. The Committee, a body made up of 18 independent experts, urged Israel to repeal the law immediately and “ensure that all Palestinian detainees held [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) struck on Friday down Quebec’s legislation that suspended review of an electoral map by an independent commission until after the next general election. The court held by a 7-2 majority that the legislation violated the right to vote under Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the decision of the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal in Cambodia to uphold the conviction of detained opposition leader Kem Sokha, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2023. HRW described the conviction as politically motivated and urged Cambodian authorities to quash it and immediately release [...]
International human rights organizations on Thursday called on Nepal’s newly elected government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, to take immediate steps to strengthen human rights protections and uphold the rule of law following its recent electoral victory. In a joint letter, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists urged the [...]
A federal appeals court on Friday suspended a Biden-era regulation that allowed the abortion drug mifepristone to be prescribed online and dispensed through the mail. The ruling immediately halts telemedicine abortion pill prescriptions nationwide while litigation continues. The unanimous three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the Food and [...]
The US Supreme Court sided with a Christian faith-based pregnancy crisis center in New Jersey on Wednesday. The First Choice Women’s Resource Centers was seeking to curb a state investigation into its activities. All Supreme Court justices unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision, ruling in favor of First Choice in a federal lawsuit. First Choice had [...]
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a proposed class action accusing the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) of conspiring with law schools to fix application fees and monopolize the admissions process, but gave the plaintiff until May 12 to file an amended complaint. US District Judge John Murphy of the US District Court for the [...]
The Supreme Court of British Columbia on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of a new law that establishes a single regulatory body for lawyers, notaries and paralegals. Chief Justice Ronald Skolrood found that the law would not erode the independence of the legal profession. Chief Justice Skolrood affirmed that the independence of the legal profession is [...]
The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the European Commission to establish a consent-based definition of rape. The need for a new definition that does not define rape on the conditions of use of force, or the word “no,” aims to have a victim-centered approach to sexual assault and the trauma responses it [...]
