The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held on Thursday that Italy violated applicant residents’ rights to life and respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as a result of the state’s long-term inaction in addressing the widespread illegal dumping of waste by organized criminal groups in the [...]

The UK introduced the new Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill on Thursday to retain a ban on asylum seekers claiming protections under modern slavery and other human rights laws. The bill keeps certain parts of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (IMA) which were heavily criticized and called on to be withdrawn in a joint [...]

Germany’s parliament passed a motion for stricter migration rules on Wednesday. The nonbinding motion, backed by the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), calls for permanent border control, rejection of all undocumented immigrants, and detention of “those who must leave.” It was passed with 348 votes in favor and 344 votes against. The motion described [...]

Human Rights Watch urged Kazakhstan to implement the recommendations from member states at the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Thursday. With 103 state delegates, the UN Human Rights Council made 294 recommendations on a variety of topics. These human rights concerns include various basic human rights provided by the International Covenant on [...]

Sharon Basch is a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law filing occasional dispatches from Washington DC this semester.  From the moment Donald Trump took office on January 20, one of his key goals has been to reduce the size of the US federal government, a vision he articulated frequently during his campaign. [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday dropped the criminal proceedings against Trump’s co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliviera, in the classified documents case initiated by former special counsel Jack Smith. The appeals court must still approve the Justice Department’s request for the appeal to be officially terminated. The [...]

A class of consumers sued Amazon.com, Inc. on Wednesday, claiming the technology company secretly tracked and sold their sensitive data without their consent. Plaintiff Felix Kolotinsky brought the class action lawsuit with a demand for a jury trial in the US District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division on behalf of [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the new Lebanese government to adopt a human rights-oriented agenda that promotes the rule of law, transparency and accountability. The organization urged the government to implement legal reforms across various sectors to meet the needs of the people and build a brighter future for the country. In [...]

In a move that intensifies the national debate over how race and gender are taught in American schools, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at championing so-called “patriotic education.” Under the auspices of combatting “radical indoctrination” in primary and secondary schools, the order aims to restrict curricular content on the [...]

US President Donald Trump laid out plans on Thursday to combat what he described as an “explosion of antisemitism on our campuses and in our streets” in recent months. The announcement came on the heels of an executive order, issued Wednesday, on measures the administration planned to take to protect American Jews. As has become [...]