At the intersection of medicine and criminal justice, few diagnoses have stirred as much controversy as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS). Once considered a clear-cut indication of child abuse, this diagnosis has become a battleground of conflicting expert testimonies, challenged convictions, and evolving scientific understanding. As courts grapple with cases involving SBS, the stakes couldn’t be [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that Russia violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (convention) in a press release on Tuesday. The violation concerned the case of Gadzhiyev and Gostev, who were dismissed from their respective positions as policemen and metro workers, after voicing concerns about their respective industry [...]

Amnesty International, along with 14 other organizations, issued a complaint on Wednesday demanding the French Social Security Agency’s National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF) stop using a risk-scoring algorithmic system. The algorithm is used by the CNAF to flag overpayments and errors in benefit payments. This works with a scoring system, selecting individuals to be further [...]

The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) is set to review Pakistan’s human rights record this Thursday and Friday under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). According to Amnesty International (AI), the review “comes at a crucial time for the country, as human rights violations and abuses remain rampant.” The review is part of Pakistan’s obligations [...]

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed the implementation of “return hubs” in third countries to combat irregular migration in a letter to Commission members on Thursday. In the letter, she emphasizes the Italy-Albania protocol as an example of how the hubs may work in practice. The protocol is a migration agreement [...]

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney temporarily suspended a state rule on Tuesday requiring paper ballots to be hand-counted in Georgia in the upcoming US election. The decision came in an expedited bench trial following the parties’ emergency motions. The respondents in the case, the Georgia State Election Board (SEB), approved the hand-count rule [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Tanzanian government on Wednesday to address the increasing human rights violations ahead of local elections in mainland Tanzania scheduled for November 27, 2024. The country has recently witnessed several instances of arbitrarily arrested opposition supporters and the extrajudicial killing of at least eight government critics. HRW denounced the government [...]

The Israeli Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism released a comprehensive report on Tuesday highlighting a significant surge in antisemitic incidents in Canada since the October 7 attacks on Israel in 2023. The report documents a 670 percent increase in antisemitic incidents in Canada compared to the same period last year. It also highlights that [...]

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Tuesday a $4 million penalty against Lufthansa for discriminating against Jewish passengers. The penalty is the largest ever issued by the DOT against an airline for civil rights violations. The penalty stemmed from complaints filed by Jewish passengers in May 2022 who were flying from New York [...]