The government of Scotland announced Thursday it has published a draft bill for a second referendum that would give the country the opportunity to consider independence from the UK. The government explained the move was made to “protect Scotland’s interests in light of the UK vote to leave the EU.” However, it would be up [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that a website operator is legally permitted to store visitors’ Internet protocol addresses (IP addresses) because they have a legitimate interest in protecting themselves against cyber attacks. Under EU law, personal information can be processed if it is necessary to accomplish a legitimate objective and if it [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that Germany’s price floor for prescription drugs violates free trade. Germany currently has a statutory scheme for medical insurance in which patients pay some out of pocket for prescriptions. However, foreign medical providers, such as Dutch pharmacies, found loopholes around the statutory scheme in order to pay [...]

A court in Iran on Tuesday sentenced two US citizens to 10 years in prison following convictions on charges that they spied and “cooperated” with the US. Siamak Namazi, a businessman, and his elderly father, Baquer Namazi, both have dual citizenship with Iran. The New York Times reported on Monday that the businessman was seized [...]

A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of bribing witnesses in his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for war crimes. On Wednesday The Hague-based court found Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of bribery during the trial in March when he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Bemba was convicted of [...]

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Obama administration’s request to narrow an injunction banning the enforcement of an Education Department policy requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the student’s gender. Judge Reed O’Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas [...]

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report Tuesday finding that the July attack on a peaceful demonstration in the nation’s capital directly targeted civilians. The report focuses on the “planning and preparedness” of security forces facing the attack. It also touches on response by such forces directly following the event. The report [...]

Iraqi government and paramilitary forces are committing serious human rights abuses and war crimes, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report Tuesday. AI claims that both the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) are perpetrating acts of arbitrary detainment against internally displaced persons (IDP), particularly Sunni Arabs. In Iraqi-controlled territories, IDPs reportedly face [...]

Burundi’s vote last week to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) elicited concern from The Hague on Tuesday. President of the ICC’s governing body Sidiki Kaba stated that such a withdrawal “represent a setback in the fight against impunity and the efforts towards the objective of universality of the Statute.” The Burundi parliament’s vote to [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 50 other interest groups, sent a letter on Tuesday urging the US Department of Justice to investigate the increasing use of facial recognition technology. This letter is a part of the advocacy groups’ greater concern that certain police [...]