Hungary’s Justice Minister Judit Varga Wednesday promised that Budapest will defend an education law against criticism by the EU that it discriminates against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Varga filed a counterclaim with the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding her nation’s alleged breach of obligations initiated under [...]

President of France Emmanuel Macron Wednesday called for a law to include the right to abortion into the French Constitution. Macron made this announcement at an event to honour the late Gisèle Halimi, a renowned French-Tunisian lawyer, politician and tireless defender of women’s rights. The French National Assembly voted to add the right to abortion to [...]

Republican members of the Florida State House and Senate Tuesday proposed parallel bills further restricting the abortion ban in the state from 15 weeks of pregnancy to six weeks of pregnancy. The bills provide that physicians cannot perform abortions after six weeks of fetal gestation, tightening the state’s already existing 15-week ban, which was approved [...]

The Australian Human Rights Commission Wednesday renewed its call for Australia to adopt its own national human rights act, releasing a position paper detailing what the act might include. Stating that Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday released a report which found that the Louisville County Metro Police Department (LMPD) and the Louisville County Metro Government engaged in a pattern of civil rights violations. The report comes as a result of a DOJ investigation into the LMPD and the Metro Government following the death of [...]

The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) Wednesday issued notices of violation to 28 municipalities in the state for civil rights violations committed through exclusionary marriage license practices against non-binary people. The notices allege that the municipalities in question violated the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by requiring non-binary people applyling for marriage licenses to [...]

The Organization of American States’ (OAS) was presented with a crucial opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to democracy last month, as its Permanent Council turned its attention towards Haiti. The nation’s current crisis is one that is directly connected to the actions taken by members of its ruling Tèt Kale party (PHTK), which for the [...]

Protests erupted in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi Wednesday after Georgia’s parliament endorsed a “foreign agent” bill. If it passes, the bill would require individuals and organizations to register as “foreign agents” if they meet certain qualifications. Should the designated individuals and organizations fail to do so and live up to strict reporting requirements, they would face [...]

The US District Court for the Western District of Missouri Central Division Tuesday ruled that a Missouri law attempting to invalidate federal firearm laws within the state is unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Brian C. Wimes ruled that the Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) violates the Supremacy Clause of the US Constitution and the doctrine of [...]

A Texas court Tuesday postponed inmate Andre Thomas’ execution date to allow his legal team to prove that he is not competent to be executed. After confessing to a triple murder in 2004, Thomas gouged his eyes out and claimed divine direction for his crimes. Thomas has been considered “seriously mentally ill” since the incident. Further, [...]