Four former high-ranking Guatemalan military officers were found guilty Wednesday of crimes against humanity by the Guatemalan High-Risk Court C. The officers were found guilty of sexually abusing an activist and the disappearance of her 14-year-old brother. They were sentenced to 58 years in jail. The family of the activist has been searching for their [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday revealed a new agenda for nuclear disarmament. Guterres’ agenda has three prongs. First, he urged the disarmament of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Part of the agenda reads, “he Secretary-General remains fully committed to working for the total elimination of nuclear weapons and he calls on Member States to [...]

The Ontario Court of Appeal , the highest court in the province of Ontario, ruled Wednesday that US-based oil corporation Chevron Corp.’s Canadian subsidiary cannot be held liable for a USD $9.5-billion award granted by an Ecuadorian court against the parent company. This lawsuit arose out of the original actions against Texaco (which later became [...]

Scotland’s government introduced a climate change bill in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday that sets greenhouse gas emissions targets at a 90 percent reduction by 2050. This is currently the “limit of feasibility” set forth by the UK Committee on Climate Change . The eventual goal is a 100 percent reduction, also known as “net-zero [...]

In a hearing before the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday, the Georgia government accused Russia of committing war crimes and human rights violations during the 2008 conflict . Georgia’s government accused Russia of more than 100 air assaults in Georgian territory. It cited evidence to show that Russia “carried out indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks,” [...]

The First Criminal Senate of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court on Tuesday rejected the Attorney General’s request to rearrest former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, saying the risk of Puigdemont absconding are slight. The Neumünster District Court rejected an extradition request for Puigdemont on a rebellion charge for his role during Catalonia’s independence movement. Though the [...]

Amnesty International reported on Tuesday that a Rohingya militant group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is behind at least one massacre against Hindus in the Rakhine State that took place last August, as well as other incidences of murders and abductions. Amnesty wrote that on August 25, 2017, ARSA murdered 53 Hindu [...]

UN Special Rapporteur Maud de Boer-Buquicchio on Monday urged Ireland to include a national strategy to prevent and respond to sexual violence against children. “I recognise the considerable progress made by Ireland in passing laws which strengthen protection against child marriage, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, including through the use of Information and [...]

Britain’s Southwark Crown Court dismissed charges against Barclays regarding agreements between the bank and Qatari investors during the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) , a British anticorruption government organization, charged Barclays and four of its former executives in June 2017 with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of [...]

The government of Palestine submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court , which was received by the ICC on Tuesday. Palestine urges the ICC to investigate what it deems “war crimes and crimes against humanity” carried out by Israel’s government in Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. Palestine alleges in its referral that Israel’s government [...]