A Russian court began hearing the case against more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers from the Azov battalion, seized in May 2022 from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. The members of the Azov battalion—including eight women—face charges of involvement with a terrorist organization and participating in action to overthrow Russian authorities. Photographs captured by the Associated [...]

The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report Tuesday on the bulk collection and retention of confidential journalistic material under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 and the draft Remedial Order proposed to change the Act, calling the changes inadequate to protect journalists and their sources. We have published our report on the [...]

The Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed an appeal Thursday from British citizens who challenged their loss of European Union (EU) citizen rights as a result of Brexit. The Court dismissed the appeal as “the appellants do not have an interest in bringing proceedings against the decision at issue.” The United Kingdom decided [...]

A Quebec Superior Court justice Wednesday denied a request for an emergency injunction against a ban on prayer rooms in schools that was instituted by the provincial government last month. In a joint challenge, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) argued on behalf of a Muslim student [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo of war crimes including murder and rape in a report released Tuesday. HRW based the accusations on reports of abuse it documented from November 2022 to March 2023, citing 8 unlawful killings and 14 cases of rape by M23 [...]

The US Supreme Court declined on Thursday to disturb a federal statute governing the adoption and foster proceedings for Indigenous children in the US. In a 7-2 ruling, the court rejected non-Indigenous adoptive parents’ and the state of Texas’s challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), siding with concerns from the Indigenous community. The [...]

An investigation into Australia’s New South Wales Police Force released Wednesday found that police officers lack appropriate training to manage domestic violence cases and identified gaps in reporting processes. The NSW Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) report reviewed instances where officers were investigated for inadequately responding to domestic violence and instances where officers were accused [...]

Following global practice — including that of the U.S. military justice system — the Pakistan Army Act builds on maintaining good order and discipline among service members, as no military can effectively function without strict discipline. The court-martial, that is, trial by military officers of breaches of service-connected discipline, including crimes, sits at the heart [...]

The UK Parliamentary Privileges Committee released its report Thursday into Boris Johnson’s alleged breaching of parliamentary rules. Johnson is accused of violating Covid-19 lockdown restrictions throughout 2020 and 2021 and lying to Parliament about these violations. The report concludes that contrary to Johnson’s claims, guidance was not entirely adhered to in Downing Street, nor were [...]

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced formal charges against Los Angeles Councilmember Curren Price Jr. on Tuesday. The charges include five counts of embezzlement, three counts of perjury and two counts of conflict of interest. The case is in the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.  According [...]