The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday to allow Tennessee and Kentucky to enforce bans on gender-affirming care for minors. In a 2-1 vote, the court dismissed a challenge brought by families of transgender minors, holding that the bans did not discriminate on the basis of sex. The bans at issue, [...]

Scott Moe, Premier of the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan, announced on Thursday that his government will use the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms‘ so-called “notwithstanding clause” to bypass a court ruling that suspended the province’s naming and pronoun policy for students. In August, Education Minister Dustin Duncan introduced the Parental Inclusion and Consent [...]

A federal judge in Washington DC rejected former US President Donald Trump’s request that she recuse herself from his pending criminal case on Wednesday. Trump sought to remove US District Judge Tanya Chutkan from the case earlier this month based on comments she previously made during the sentencing of several convicted rioters from the January [...]

Israel’s Supreme Court heard arguments on Thursday over an “incapacitation” amendment, which imposed restrictions on the government’s ability to claim that the prime minister is unable to fulfill his duties. The government passed the amendment back in March, ahead of Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu’s corruption trials. The “incapacitation” amendment at the center of Thursday’s hearing [...]

A Montana judge temporarily blocked on Wednesday Montana’s Senate Bill 99, also known as the  “Youth Health Protection Act”, which bans certain gender-affirming medical treatments for minors. District Court Judge Jason Marks found that SB 99 would most likely have the “opposite effect” when it comes to protecting minors and that the “purported purpose…is disingenuous.” [...]

In a nearly five-hour long hearing on Wednesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) heard a landmark case brought by six youth plaintiffs against 33 European governments to spur stronger climate change mitigation measures. Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others featured six plaintiffs from Portugal: Catarina, 23, Cláudia, 24, Martim, 20, [...]

In a statement on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions for individuals who are “undermining democracy” in Liberia ahead of the country’s elections in October. The statement came less than two weeks before Liberia’s upcoming presidential elections, to be held on October 10, 2023. The election is considered a toss-up between [...]

Pakistani authorities resumed issuing identity cards listing X as the bearer’s gender on Monday after a four-month halt caused by a controversial ruling from the Pakistani Federal Shariat Court. According to Rida Qazi, Public Engagement Director at the National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA), the authority has now received instructions to resume printing X-category Computerized [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Turkey responsible for unfair trial violations in a landmark judgment Tuesday concerning criminal convictions based on use of the encrypted messaging application ByLock . ByLock came under scrutiny from Turkish authorities following the failed 2016 coup attempt. The government alleged the app was used exclusively by supporters [...]

Following a months-long blockade that culminated in violent attacks by Azerbaijani forces, the government of the predominantly ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh announced Thursday it would disband, effective immediately. “The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh … ceases to exist,” the separatist republic — referred to in Armenian as Artsakh — stated via its official information channel on [...]