The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled Monday that two Polish judges’ right to a fair hearing was violated when their applications to change posts were blocked by Poland’s National Council of the Judiciary (NCJ). The ECtHR, the highest international body for the enforcement of the European Convention on Human Rights, found that judges [...]

The international community reacted sharply against the deepening border crisis between Belarus and Poland Tuesday, as thousands of migrants from Belarus have continued to gather on the Polish border while seeking entry into the European Union. Poland continues to blame the situation on the Belarusian government, saying that the Belarusian army is coordinating and encouraging [...]

A federal judge in the District of Columbia Tuesday denied a motion from former president Donald Trump to block enforcement of an order she had yet to issue. On Monday night, the former president asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to issue an administrative stay preventing the National Archive from releasing more than 750 pages of documents [...]

The Biden administration asserted Monday that it can lawfully require employers to mandate employee vaccination or offer employees the option to mask and test. The administration reasoned that, amid an “extraordinary pandemic and a serious threat to employees,” the federal government can “address the grave dangers posed by COVID-19 in the workplace.” Late last week, [...]

A federal district judge in Fort Worth Monday denied United Airlines employees’ motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the company’s vaccine mandate. United Airlines employees sued the company over its accommodation policy for medical or religious exemptions. They argued that the company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by [...]

The Supreme Court of India issued notice Monday to the Central Government in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking proper implementation of the mandatory provisions of Chapter III, of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. The court sought proper implementation of the provisions for the appointment and functioning of protection officers and [...]

An Italian court in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, convicted and sentenced 70 members of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia group Monday on charges relating to attempted murder and extortion. The ‘Ndrangheta mafia is one of the largest and most powerful organized crime groups in Italy, composed of more than 150 families. The current trial focused specifically on the [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a Ukrainian and a Russian for their largescale ransomware attacks on the US. Ukrainian national, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, was indicted in August on charges related to a cyberattack using ransomware known as REVil to attack the multi-national information software company Kaseya and over 1,500 of its customers. Kayesa, [...]

Much was lost when the United States abruptly withdrew from Afghanistan last August. One key area that has suffered amid the US exit and the Taliban’s rise is that of female education. For much of the past 20 years, Afghan institutions, emboldened by international capacity-building efforts, had endeavored to create space for improved gender equality [...]

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fazaga and Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennese & Mauritz. While neither case is particularly high profile, both involve subtle interpretations of surveillance and copyright law, respectively. In Fazaga, the FBI is being sued for allegedly conducting improper surveillance on a set [...]