The United Nations Human Rights Council issued a report calling for states to adopt a “transformative agenda” towards “racial justice and equity” on Monday, issuing an urgent call to tackle systematic racism. The report was released two days after the sentencing of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd which [...]
The US Supreme Court on Monday expressed their disagreement with the Eighth Circuit’s finding of qualified immunity for police officers in St. Louis whose use of excessive force in response to a suicide attempt led to the death of Nicholas Gilbert. They remanded the case back to the lower court for reconsideration. Gilbert had been [...]
On Friday, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) decried a new law proposed by Hungary that would “deny trans and gender diverse people the right to legal recognition and self-determination.” The legislation, which was passed by parliament on a 157 to one vote earlier this month, prohibits gay individuals from [...]
The European Union Council adopted European climate law to make the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding on Monday, giving the law the final seal of approval. This action ends the adoption procedure and sets into legislation the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050. The approval follows a political agreement reached with the [...]
A Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) justice, on Thursday, issued an order revoking the passport of former Environment Minister Ricardo Salles. Minister Carmen Lúcia’s order comes just over a month after the Court ordered an investigation into allegations that Salles was involved in—and helped cover up—a multi-million dollar illegal timber trafficking scheme. The order [...]
The US House of Representatives on Friday voted 229-191 to rescind a 2020 rule promulgated by the Trump administration which removed limitations on methane emissions under the Clean Air Act from the oil and natural gas sector. The Senate voted 52-42 to do the same in April. The House passed the resolution using the Congressional Review [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged states to dismantle law enforcement’s systematic racism against African peoples on Monday in a report entitled “Promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law [...]
The citizenry of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, has voted to partially legalize abortion in a referendum on Friday. The results revealed 62 percent of voters supported partially legalizing abortion. The legalization will occur when the Crimes (Amendment) Act 2019 comes into force to amend the Crimes Act 2011. This will take place within 28 [...]
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced Friday that it opened a formal investigation against Amazon and Google for potentially failing to protect users from fake reviews. Both corporations potentially violated UK consumer protection rules. The CMA opened an initial investigation in May 2020 to determine whether major online shopping websites were taking adequate [...]
The US Supreme Court declined Monday to review a decision that allowed a transgender student to use the bathroom that corresponded to his gender identity. Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm was originally filed in 2015 after Gavin Grimm, who was born as female but identifies as male, was denied the use of the boys’ [...]
