South Carolina is set to carry out the first execution by firing squad in 15 years. The US Supreme Court denial Friday of an emergency petition to stay clears the way for the state to carry out the death penalty. The execution was delayed for 13 years due to the availability of supplies to perform [...]
US President Donald Trump’s administration filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit initiated by Biden’s administration against Idaho’s near-total abortion ban on Wednesday. Idaho passed the Defense of Life Act (DLA) in 2020 and it was set to take effect on August 25, 2022. The bill bans abortion except in the case of the death [...]
UNICEF called on Friday for greater global efforts to end child marriages and provide quality education for all girls, emphasizing the importance of a multisectoral approach to target the root cause of child marriage. The organization pointed out that child marriage remains a serious issue in Montenegro, particularly affecting girls from Roma and Egyptian communities. [...]
US Federal Judge Beryl Howell on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) chair Gwynne Wilcox, accompanied by harsh words for President Donald Trump. Wilcox filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in February alleging that her removal was unlawful. The complaint alleged that her removal violated the National Labor Relations Act, [...]
Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Till it’s gone — Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi (1970) Decades of my professional life have been devoted to the topic of expertise and experts — their qualifications, basis of knowledge, standards by which we evaluate them in court, and their proper [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected a request to overturn a Romanian court’s annulment of the presidential election, declaring the application inadmissible on Thursday in the case of Călin Georgescu v. Romania and ruled that the decision was final. The application was submitted on December 16, 2024, by Călin Georgescu, the main ultra-nationalist [...]
Congress has before it a unique opportunity: it can recalibrate the balance of power between the president and Congress through a bipartisan manner that places no burden on the national budget, and has the potential to save $500,000 To do so, Congress must simply reintroduce and pass the National Emergencies Act Reform Legislation that was [...]
Sudan instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday. The claim alleged that the UAE had directly supported the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) and its militia in West Darfur, violating the Genocide Convention. Sudan’s claim against the UAE is based on the weapons seized by [...]
Amnesty International on Thursday called on the international community to resist mounting attacks on gender justice. The group reiterated its call on states to recognize gender apartheid as a crime against humanity under international law ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2025. The statement by the group’s secretary-general, Agnès Callamard, was released against [...]
The Australian justice system is failing to support victims in seeking justice and holding perpetrators accountable, according to the final report presented by the Australian Law Reform Commission to the parliament on Thursday. The report, titled, “Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence,” also issued recommendations on how to correct the situation. In Australia, [...]
