Chairperson of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent Dominique Day called on France Monday to evaluate partnership benefits from working with people of African descent. UN experts visited France to assess issues relating to people of African descent in France and to provide advice on protecting their rights. The experts [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision Monday approving a class settlement between Google and 18 named plaintiffs involving its “Street View” technology. In a class-action lawsuit on behalf of around 60 million others, the plaintiffs alleged that Google illegally collected personal data, including passwords, videos and photographs, [...]

California’s Department of Fair Employment Housing (DFEH) Monday announced a settlement to resolve allegations of systemic gender discrimination and harassment by Riot Games, a popular game developer and publisher in the US market. In 2018, former employees Melanie McCracken and Jess Negrón filed a class-action lawsuit against the company before the Los Angeles County Superior [...]

The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq Monday ratified October’s parliamentary elections. The ratification comes in the wake of challenges to the results from Shiite political groups. The election took place on October 10, 2021 to determine all 329 members of the Council of Representatives. The results bring a victory for Muqtada al-Sadr’s party. He is [...]

India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Monday confirmed that it had refused to renew the foreign funding registration for Missionaries of Charity (MoC), a Catholic religious congregation set up by Saint Teresa of Calcutta, on grounds of adverse inputs in their application record. Registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) is necessary for any [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the shooting death of a young civilian by Taliban forces and the protests, marked by anti-Taliban chants, that followed. For privacy and security reasons, we are [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on a new religious code restricting everything ranging from men shaving their beards to women traveling without a male companion. For privacy and security reasons, we are [...]

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda vetoed a controversial media bill Monday that was criticized for targeting independent broadcaster TVN owned by Discovery, Inc., a US media giant. The bill requires that broadcasters operating in Poland be majority-owned by entities from the European Economic Area. The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has vocalized the belief that [...]

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths issued a statement Sunday calling Myanmar authorities to investigate a reported attack against civilians in the state of Kayah on Friday. Griffiths confirmed that the reports of the killings of at least 35 civilians, including at least one child, were credible. The victims [...]

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel Sunday announced that she is bringing forward legislation that would ban people from attending football (soccer) games for ten years if they are found guilty of online racism related to football. Through this legislation, “Football Banning Orders” (FBOs), currently imposed on people convicted of violence, disorder, and homophobic or racist chanting, would [...]