The Fourth District Court of Appeals in California ruled Tuesday that a California Supreme Court ruling overturning cases where a court reporter was not provided “applies retroactively to all cases” that are “not yet final on appeal.” The previous California Supreme Court ruling held that “an official court reporter, or other valid means to create [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up an appeal in Hassell v. Bird, in which the California Supreme Court ruled that the Communication Decency Act provided that interactive websites were immune from liability for defamatory comments posted on the website. Hassell, a San Francisco based attorney, sued Yelp for injunctive relief after a user posted a [...]

The European Court of Human Rights found Thursday that there had been numerous violations of human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights during the Amanda Knox investigation, ordering Italy to provide financial damages. Knox was accused of the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, while studying abroad in Italy. The charges [...]

Alberto Fujimori returned to prison Wednesday to finish out the remaining 13 years of his 25-year sentence for human rights crimes. Fujimori, former president of Peru, has been in prison since 2009 for human rights crimes committed by death squads under his regime. Fujimori was pardoned for his health in 2017 by former president Pedro [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not protect job applicants, extending only to current employees. In an 8-4 decision, the en banc court review divided after a three-judge panel of the same appeals court overturned the district’s court ruling in favor [...]

The New York Supreme Court convicted a white supremacist of terrorism charges on Wednesday, the first time the state has ever done so.  White supremacist James Jackson plead guilty to Murder in the First Degree in Furtherance of an Act of Terrorism, Murder in the Second Degree as a Crime of Terrorism, Murder in the Second Degree as a [...]

Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona is set to appear before the International Criminal Court on Friday after he was transferred to the court from France on Wednesday. Ngaïssona rose to prominence as a football official in the CAR and eventually became a board member of the Confederation of African Football. Ngaïssona has [...]

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) proposed a bill on Wednesday aimed at incorporating the People’s Republic of China’s National Anthem Law  into Hong Kong’s regional law by means of local legislation rather than “promulgation.” The bill, as well as the original order is meant to “preserve the dignity” of the anthem of the People’s Republic [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday expressed her serious concern that the approval of an amendment to Guatemala’s long-standing National Reconciliation Law would result in complete immunity for all cases of grave human rights violations. Guatemala’s National Reconciliation Law has been in force since 1996 and was crucial to ending 36 [...]

On Iowa judge on Tuesday struck down legislation banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is often as early as six weeks. The legislation, signed into law by Republican Governor Kim Reynolds last May, prohibits doctors from performing an abortion after a fetus’ cardiac activity is detectable, which occurs before a fetus becomes [...]