The Berlin-Brandenburg Higher Administrative Court held Thursday that the German Government violated federal climate change law by failing to reach annual targets. The ruling now means the government must implement changes to achieve these unmet goals. The court found that the groups were successful in their claims. It held that the government had failed to [...]
The federal judge overseeing former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case ruled Friday that Trump cannot dismiss the four criminal charges pending against him through a claim of presidential immunity. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan refuted Trump’s claim that, as US president, he enjoyed “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions performed within [...]
UN Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric announced Friday during his daily press briefing that UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Lynn Hastings’ visa will not be extended by the Israeli government when it expires in late December. During the briefing, Dujarric stated: e’ve been informed by the Israeli authorities [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Venezuela to refrain from interfering with the disputed Essequibo region, which is administered by Guyana. However, the court stopped short of explicitly directing Venezuela to halt its planned consultative referendum on whether the region should become a Venezuelan state. The order came after Guyana requested provisional [...]
A Washington DC federal appeals court found on Friday that former US President Donald Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits for his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The decision from the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit means that three civil lawsuits—from Capitol police officers and members of the [...]
The UN Security Council voted to cease the ongoing political mission in Sudan on Friday. This follows claims by Sudan’s military government that the mission failed to meet expectations. This withdrawal comes only months after the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) called on the international community for new funding to respond to the Sudan crisis. [...]
The European Union (EU) claimed on Wednesday that they were “forced to cancel” the electoral observation mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after planning to deploy long-term observers across the DRC. EU Spokesperson Nabila Massrali stated that the cancellation was due to “technical constraints” outside of the EU’s control. However, the EU [...]
A federal judge ruled on Thursday to temporarily block Montana’s ban on TikTok from coming into effect in the state. In issuing the preliminary injunction, US District Judge Donald Molloy found that Senate Bill 419 violates the US Constitution “in more ways than one” after determining that the ban “oversteps state power and infringes on [...]
The UN condemned the resumption of conflict in Gaza on Friday, following the end of a temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, and called for a return to negotiations for a long-lasting ceasefire. The temporary ceasefire ended Friday morning after several extensions. The UN press release reported that the bombing in Gaza resumed “seconds” [...]
The Hong Kong High Court dismissed a judicial review on Friday that sought to challenge the constitutionality of the new nomination requirement applicable to the forthcoming District Council Ordinary Election. In upholding the requirement’s constitutionality, Judge Russell Coleman ruled that even though the nomination requirement encroached in the constitutionally protected right to stand for election, [...]
