Articles Tagged with criminal justice

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio placed full sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday in response to continuing investigations into potential war crimes committed by the US and Israel. “Our message is clear: the United States and its people are not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC,” Rubio said in a [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday condemned the Salvadoran courts, saying that since the beginning of 2026 they have been holding trials that have convicted hundreds of defendants at a time, relying on uncorroborated evidence and giving defendants no chance to prepare a defense. Commenting on the mass trials, Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at Human [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday said a growing number of Southeast Asian states are cutting back on the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region long known for its strong support for capital punishment. The statement came ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, alongside a new briefing [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the Trump administration’s “third-country removal” policy, which has sent people primarily to African countries where they have no connection: Between January 20, 2025, and August 5, 2026, according to ICE data, the “third-country” deportation program transferred nearly 28,000 people to more than 50 countries that are neither their [...]

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday that Tawila, in Sudan’s Darfur region, which hosts more than 700,000 displaced people, is currently experiencing severe shortages of food, water, and healthcare, calling for an urgent increase in resources and humanitarian funding. The WHO representative in Sudan, Dr Abdinasir Abubakr, said that Darfur recorded high [...]

UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged Denmark and Greenland to ensure accountability and the rights of Inuit women at the centre of their response to the decades-long imposition of contraception without consent in Greenland. The statement comes as Denmark and Greenland continue to address the forced contraception case, in which Greenlandic Inuit women and [...]

A US federal judge on Thursday extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) that calls on the White House to permit access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and Politico, allowing the court more time to decide whether it will block President Donald Trump’s ban on the outlets during the pendency of their lawsuit. [...]

French riot police reportedly used tear gas and other non-lethal weapons, against protestors during street clashes on Tuesday, drawing strong condemnation from legal unions amid escalating student strikes across France. French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has condemned the violence, which has seen students and staff injured, and defended the “proportional” response of police and law [...]

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) brought suit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to halt taxpayer-funded television advertisements promoting President Donald Trump, arguing that the spending violates federal restrictions on the use of appropriated funds for “publicity or propaganda” purposes. The complaint seeks judicial review under the Administrative Procedure [...]

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday filed a motion in the Circuit Court for Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit, seeking an injunction to limit child access to social media, make safety information more accessible, improve the child sexual exploitation reporting process, and disable features encouraging excessive use among teens. Florida sued under the Florida Deceptive [...]