Three years since the Taliban took control, Afghanistan has descended into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Millions of Afghans, especially women and girls, face systematic repression. The Taliban have enacted increasingly restrictive measures aimed at erasing women and girls from public life, leading to widespread subjugation and violations of their human rights and [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that Switzerland’s expulsion of a national of Bosnia and Herzegovina violated the European Convention on Human Rights. The individual in question had been expelled and barred from Switzerland for five years after he was convicted of a drug-related offense. Switzerland was specifically accused of violating [...]

Google won a court challenge on Wednesday against the €1.49 billion EU antitrust fine that was imposed in 2019 for anti-trust violations related to its digital advertising business.  Since 2003, Google has managed an ad intermediation platform called AdSense, which allows third-party websites to display Google ads in response to user queries. In 2019, the [...]

Amnesty International on Wednesday called on world leaders to help secure the release of imprisoned Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti ahead of the 10-year anniversary of his conviction. The rights group highlighted the need for international governments to elevate diplomatic efforts to secure Tohti’s immediate and unconditional release. Secretary General of Amnesty International Agnes Callamard stated: [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that the simultaneous detonation of thousands of communication devices across Lebanon and Syria violated customary international law. Thousands of pagers exploded on Tuesday, killing 12 and injuring more than 2,000 people. Walkie-talkie explosions on Wednesday killed an additional 25 and injured at least 600. The devices were evidently [...]

Finland’s President Alexander Stubb on Wednesday called for significant changes in the UN Security Council (UNSC), including ending the single-seat veto power of permanent members and doubling the number of permanent seats. In an interview with Reuters, Stubb outlined his proposals and promised to join other voices on these issues at the upcoming UN General [...]

The European Commission announced on Wednesday it will move to subtract Hungary’s 200 million euro fine from the country’s EU funds, European Commission spokesperson Balazs Ujvari confirmed. This decision was made after Hungary failed to meet the second deadline for the payment of the fine imposed by the Court of Justice of the European Union [...]

In this long read by James Joseph, Managing Editor for Long-Form Content and Lilian Trickey, a student at the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, they unpack the case of whether removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords is a welcome democratic reform or risks undermining democracy.  In a move that would shake up [...]

Gavin Newsom, governor of the US state of California, signed three bills into law on Tuesday that collectively aim to regulate election-related content generated by artificial intelligence (AI). AB 2655 specifies that a “large online platform” must “block the posting of materially deceptive content related to elections in California.” Furthermore, these platforms would have to [...]

A Tehran court sentenced two individuals to finger amputation as punishment for a theft that occurred in June 2022, when 13 individuals, allegedy including the two principal defendants, arranged a robbery at the National Bank of Iran. The group proceeded to flee the nation following the theft, however, Turkish officials ultimately apprehended them and sent [...]