Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal rejected a decision from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Wednesday, ruling that the ECHR has no power to intervene on the appointment of judges in the country. Referring to the ECHR’s May decision assessing the legality of appointments in the country, the Polish Tribunal held that this was “unconstitutional” to [...]

The UK government introduced the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to regulate cybersecurity Wednesday. The Bill aims to impose harsher sanctions for non-compliance with the standards that the Bill introduces. The Bill was created to help to protect consumers from attacks by hackers by imposing security requirements on all manufacturers of “internet-connectable” devices. These [...]

The UN’s migration agency, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Wednesday raised concerns over the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen’s Marib governorate, where the armed conflict is having a devasting impact on displaced people, migrants, and the communities sheltering them. According to IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix, the number of people forced to evacuate their homes in [...]

Australia’s Minister of Defence, Peter Dutton, was awarded AU $35,000 Wednesday for being defamed in a tweet that called him a “rape apologist.” The tweet which sparked the defamation lawsuit was published by refugee advocate Shane Bazzi in February. It read, “Peter Dutton is a rape apologist,” with a link to an article about Dutton [...]

Australia listed two organizations, the Base and Hezballah, as terrorist organizations Wednesday. The Base is a group that promotes white supremacy and adheres to neo-Nazi ideology. Hezbollah is a militant extremist group with religious ideology. The organizations are now listed as terrorist organizations under Division 102 of the Australian Criminal Code Act of 1995. Although Hezbollah’s [...]

South Africa’s Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Tuesday made a monumental move in the attainment of justice for apartheid-era victims. In a revised indictment for the COSAS FOUR case, the DPP included apartheid as a crime against humanity for the first time. The United Nations General Assembly declared apartheid a crime against humanity in 1966.  The Apartheid [...]

A panel of the International Criminal Court Thursday reduced by two years the nine-year sentence of Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, convicted of a war crime for destroying religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu in 2012. Allegedly a member of Ansar Eddine, a UNSC-sanctioned militant outfit associated with al Qaeda, Al Mahdi was the head [...]

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Thursday tabled a contentious piece of anti-discrimination legislation called the ‘Religious Discrimination Bill‘ before the lower house of parliament. The Religious Discrimination Bill, along with the Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2021 and the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021, is meant to ensure Australians are protected from discrimination on [...]

The United Nations Thursday adopted a historical text defining the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of artificial intelligence. The agreement was adopted at the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference, showing renewed cooperation on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The agreement called the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial [...]

Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Thursday confirmed that the U.S. formally requested that Colombia extradite accused Clan del Golfo leader and drug trafficker Dairo Antonio Usuga David, known as “Otoniel.” Duque added that extraditing the drug clan’s leader will pose a significant blow to the cartel’s structure. Duque stated that the request is currently progressing through Colombia’s [...]