UN human rights experts on Wednesday welcomed a report pertaining to the enforced disappearance, torture and executions of students from Ayotzinapa in the Mexican state last year. Last week the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called upon Mexico to address the failure of its investigation into the disappearance of 43 students [...]

A judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City denied defendants’ request Thursday to remove the cases against the six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray out of Baltimore to another jurisdiction. The defendants’ main argument was that they could not receive a fair and impartial jury trial in Baltimore due to [...]

California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have banned individuals from flying drones lower than 350 feet over private property without permission from a landowner. The stated purpose of the bill was to protect privacy rights of landowners from unforeseen surveillance from drones, but in his veto message, Brown said, “his [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Wednesday that time spent traveling to and from first and last appointments by workers without a fixed office should be regarded as working time. The ruling addressed a legal dispute brought by workers responsible for installing security systems for the Madrid based company Tyco . The [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday unveiled a new policy for white-collar crimes, which targets individuals accused of crimes instead of the companies. The guidelines were sent to all US Attorneys effective immediately. Previously, the DOJ made a priority of targeting corporations because it allowed larger financial recovery. Companies will now be required [...]

The Judicial Council of Ghana on Wednesday announced the suspension of 22 judges and magistrates on suspicion of corruption. The charges are based on video footage collected in a nationwide investigation conducted by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the leading journalist on uncovering corruption in the judiciary. The footage showed more than 180 judges and judicial staff [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ruled that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Treasury regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Secretaries asked the court [...]

Serbia’s Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The suspects are charged with war crimes for participating in the killing of civilians in a Kravica warehouse, where the victims were placed in the structure and then killed with grenades and [...]

Rights Watch (UK) commenced a legal proceeding against the government on Tuesday, seeking the publication of legal advice the government claims provided justification for a Syrian drone strike that killed three, including two British citizens. Director of Rights Watch (UK) Yasmine Ahmen commented that there is currently insufficient public information to know if the drone [...]

Rwanda’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a case challenging a change to the constitution that would allow President Paul Kagame to run for a third seven-year term. The effort to extend the term limit has sparked concern with neighboring African countries as well as the US, which has remained a major donor and [...]