A court in Delhi, India, on Friday dismissed a challenge from local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cabinet minister Kapil Mishra to a summons in a case involving allegations that he made inflammatory statements during the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly elections.  Special Judge Jitendra Singh upheld the summons issued against Mishra, rejecting his argument that his [...]

The K’ómoks First Nation of Vancouver Island overwhelmingly voted for a treaty and constitution granting self-governance on Saturday. Regarding the recent vote, K’ómoks chief councilor Nicole Rempel stated: This has been a momentous day for our nation. The treaty vote is a critical democratic process for our community. Every member’s voice counts. Our future includes [...]

The Italian Council of Ministers approved on Friday a draft law introducing the crime of femicide, and making it punishable by life imprisonment. Under the proposed legislation, femicide is defined as causing the death of a woman as an act of discrimination or hatred because she is a woman, or with the view to repress [...]

Italy’s highest appeals court ordered the government to provide financial compensation to a group of migrants who were confined to an overcrowded coast guard ship for ten days on Friday. Most of the 190 Eritrean migrants were not allowed to disembark at a port in Malta following an order from the former interior minister Matteo [...]

The Federal Court of Canada dismissed a challenge to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s prorogation of Parliament on Thursday, concluding that the applicants failed to demonstrate that the prime minister exceeded the limits established by the written Constitution, unwritten Constitutional principles, or any other legal limits. In coming to his conclusion, Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled [...]

The Seoul Central District Court ordered the release of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol from detention on Friday, citing procedural violations by prosecutors during Yoon’s arrest. This ruling allows President Yoon to await his impeachment trial and criminal proceedings from home. Still, the court did not dismiss the charges of insurrection stemming from the [...]

Japan’s Nagoya High Court ruled on Friday that the country’s lack of legal recognition for same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. This ruling marks the fourth consecutive high court decision to declare the current government policy unconstitutional following similar verdicts in Tokyo, Fukuoka and Sapporo. The appellants argued that the current provisions of Japan’s Civil Code and Family [...]

The UK Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal regarding the obligation of offenders in Northern Ireland to disclose convictions to third parties such as employers and insurance companies under the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. The court assessed the proportionality of the rights of offenders to be treated equitably against the legitimate [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that a provision of an Ontario election finance law violated the constitutional right to vote, finding the provision to be invalid and of no effect. Writing for the slim five justice majority, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis contended that the different limits for leading political parties versus third parties under [...]

Women’s rights NGO Equality Now reported on Friday that despite some progress towards legal equality, there has been an “alarming rollback” of fundamental human rights relating to “women’s rights, LGBTQ+ protections, and democratic freedoms” 30 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted. According to Equality Now, important protections for democratic freedoms, [...]