The UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague on Thursday announced that it had dismissed the request from convicted Bosnian war criminal Ratko Mladić, who is currently serving a life sentence for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, for early provisional release due to an advanced deterioration of his health that [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada recognized intimate partner violence as a new civil wrong on Friday. The majority said it is a “pernicious social ill” that the law must address. Six justices decided to recognize intimate partner violence as a new tort—an act or omission that injures another, constituting a civil wrong that attaches liability. [...]
Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday ordered former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from prison while awaiting a retrial, after 29 years behind bars. During these 29 years, Glossip famously faced several execution dates and ate his “last meal” three times. Mai set the bail at $500,000, with release contingent upon [...]
The UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas urged Ghana on Thursday to ensure that the rights of small-holder farmers, artisanal fishermen, and pastoralists are fully considered during the implementation of its planned agricultural transformation, in line with the principles of the UN Declaration of the Rights [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the Philippines to apprehend Senator Ronald dela Rosa, expressing deep concern over reports that he fled the Senate building to evade an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. Amnesty International Philippines executive director Ritz Lee Santos III stated: “We are deeply alarmed at the obstruction of justice and chaotic [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that the armed group M23 committed human rights abuses against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during its month-long occupation of the city of Uvira starting in December 2025, calling for a criminal investigation into these acts to ensure that all those responsible are held [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused Yale School of Medicine of illegal discrimination on racial lines during its admissions process. The DOJ specifically claimed that “Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted with consistently lower academic qualifications than their White and Asian counterparts.” Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, wrote [...]
US District Judge Richard Leon on Wednesday temporarily blocked US sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, finding that they were based solely on her encouraging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Israeli officials. Judge Leon made preliminary findings that President Donald Trump’s administration likely violated [...]
The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta quashed the province’s separation petition on Wednesday, holding that electoral authorities failed to uphold the duty to consult First Nations before approving the referendum proposal. This is the second time the provincial court has barred the province’s separation petition. Justice Shaina Leonard held that the chief electoral officer [...]
The US Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the abortion drug mifepristone to remain available by mail and through telehealth nationwide, staying a Fifth Circuit order that had reinstated an in-person dispensing requirement while Louisiana’s challenge to the drug’s regulation proceeds in the lower courts. The brief, unsigned order in Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Louisiana and [...]
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