Articles Tagged with United Nations

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that trial judges must consider all available evidence, not only a complainant’s testimony, when deciding whether a person had the capacity to consent to sexual activity. The decision in R. v. Rioux clarified how courts should assess capacity and consent in cases involving intoxication, memory loss, or fragmented [...]

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday granted the federal government a temporary reprieve from a lower court order mandating full funding of food assistance benefits for November. Last month, the USDA announced it would suspend all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November due to the government shutdown, which had endured for 37 [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered a decision in absentia on Thursday confirming 39 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, thus committing him to trial. Pre-Trial Chamber III of the ICC found that, under to articles 61(2)(b) and 61(7) of the Rome Statute, there were substantial grounds [...]

A former Argentinian prosecutor for the International Criminal Court told the BBC on Thursday that recent US airstrikes on suspected boats smuggling drugs in the US would constitute crimes against humanity under international law.  Luis Moreno Ocampo said the strikes by President Donald Trump’s administration fell into the category of a planned, systematic attack against [...]

A Rhode Island district judge ruled on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s administration must fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) throughout the month of November, after the program was partially suspended due to a government shutdown. The Trump administration has appealed the decision. Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. granted the plaintiffs’ motion [...]

European Union environment ministers approved a revised 2040 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target on Wednesday, after marathon negotiations that stretched into the early hours. The decision comes just ahead of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil, on November 10, and establishes a legal framework linking the EU’s short- and long-term climate goals. [...]

The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a policy to move forward that prevents nonbinary and transgender people from having gender markers on their passports that align with their chosen identity. In the 6-3 decision, the court held that “isplaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday that Cambodian authorities arbitrarily arrested and charged up to 16 individuals for expressing their opinions on the border conflict with Thailand earlier this year. Authorities allegedly arrested social media activists, members of an opposition party, and journalists who publicly criticized the Cambodian government’s handling of the conflict. One individual, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Oxfam America released a statement on Wednesday calling attention to the millions of Americans who may lose affordable health insurance if Congress refuses to extend public subsidies for the insurance marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In response to the ongoing federal shutdown—now the longest in US history—the [...]

A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide better conditions for detainees in a Chicago immigration facility. Judge Robert Gettleman of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois mandated that DHS comply with several hygiene-related requirements, ordering that cells be cleaned at least twice daily, clean [...]