Bangladesh’s High Court, the lower division of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday directed trial courts in the country to conclude proceedings in drug-related cases promptly. It instructed lower courts in the country to finish proceedings within six months and also ordered senior police officials such as the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to monitor [...]
An Abuja tribunal announced Monday that Nigerian chief justice Walter Onnoghen is ordered to appear in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on February 13. Last week, the CCT dismissed a request by the chief judge to halt the proceedings on the alleged false declaration of assets. Chairman of the tribunal Danladi Umar stated, “The defendant [...]
Sweeping change is expected in the Australian financial sector as lawmakers agree to act on all 76 recommendations made by commissioner Kenneth Haye on Monday. The consideration comes following the conclusion of the 13-month inquiry by the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation (Pension) and Financial Services Industry. The purpose of the inquiry [...]
The UN Human Rights Committee two decisions Friday finding Finland violated the political rights of representatives to the Sámi parliament by improperly enlarging the electoral roll of eligible candidates. The two claims were submitted separately by President of the Sámi Parliament Tiina Sanila-Aikio and 25 other persons as members of the indigenous Saami people. The [...]
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Saturday announced that Russia would suspend its obligations under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in response to the US suspension of the treaty a day prior. The INF Treaty, a principle act of the Cold War disarmament pacts, required the destruction of US and Soviet ground-launched ballistic and cruise [...]
Sri Lanka announced on Thursday that it is lifting a 43-year moratorium on capital punishment and will start executing prisoners with drug trafficking convictions who are on death row. The Justice and Prison Reforms Ministry has issued a timeline on the process it has adopted to implement the death penalty. In July the country’s cabinet [...]
The Higher Administrative Court of the Rhineland-Palatinate ruled Wednesday that a church in Herxheim am Berg may continue to use a steeple bell dating back to the German Nationalist Socialist era. The bell featured a Nazi-era “swastika” along with the words, “Everything for the Fatherland – Adolf Hitler.” The bell hangs out of sight from most [...]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a nuclear arms control pact between the US and Russia established during the Cold War. The INF treaty “bans ground-launched missiles with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.” Pompeo cited Russian noncompliance with the [...]
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that the Russian government must pay the Georgian government €10 million (USD $11.5 million) over the deportation of 1,500 Georgian nationals. The Georgian government accused Russia of implementing a “coordinated policy of arresting, detaining and expelling Georgian nationals” starting in the fall of 2006. Georgia stated that [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday that bankrupt oil and gas companies in Alberta must use funds to reclaim oil and gas well sites before paying debtors. The case, Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton Ltd, involved oil and gas company Redwater that went bankrupt in 2015. The trustee in the bankruptcy attempted [...]
