The French Court of Cassation annulled an award granted in an arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 2020 on Friday. The case before the French court arose when the presiding arbitrator of a three-person ICC tribunal, Thomas Clay, wrote a eulogy for lawyer Emmanuel Gaillard, counsel of a party before the body. [...]
The Education Ministry of the Central Government of India announced on Wednesday the cancellation of the University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) exam in a move to “ensure the sanctity of exams” amid an ongoing controversy surrounding the results of a medical entrance exam. The UGC NET exam is conducted to determine the [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged Jordanian authorities to withdraw all charges and immediately release Palestinian-Jordanian journalist Hiba Abu Taha on Friday. According to the CPJ, Hiba Abu Taha was arrested on May 14 and sentenced to one-year imprisonment on June 11 for “inciting discord and strife among members of society”, and “targeting community [...]
The governments of Canada, the UK and the US released a joint statement condemning Russia’s alleged involvement in Moldova’s upcoming October presidential elections as subverting the country’s free and fair elections. The three countries allege that Russia has been employing various means including “lies, deceit, corruption and disinformation to undermine sovereignty and democracy,” and obtain [...]
The National Investigation Agency of India (NIA) arrested Thongminthang Haokip on Thursday in relation to a transnational conspiracy to exacerbate violence in Manipur. The arrests were made on various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. According to the NIA, the conspiracy can be traced to Kuki insurgents, including the [...]
Seven international rights groups (including Amnesty International, ADPAN, CPJP, The Botswana Centre for Human Rights, Eleos Justice, International Federation for Human Rights, and Odhikar) issued a joint statement on Wednesday urging the Bangladeshi government to abolish the death penalty. The statement comes in light of the death sentence given to Lesedi Molapisi by a Dhaka [...]
France declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia on Wednesday in an attempt to quell recent riots in the South Pacific territory, which left four people dead and hundreds injured. The riots have grown out of opposition to a set of proposed changes to voting rights in the territory. The change would enfranchise those [...]
Waheed Rehman Para, a youth leader of the People’s Democratic Party, said Friday that a notice from the district election officer in Jammu and Kashmir is an “attempt to throttle the vote.” The election official had previously served a notice to Para over remarks he made during a poll rally, according to reports from local [...]
Sri Lankan security forces continue to impose abduction and torture on Tamil civilians, a Wednesday report from the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) revealed. The report analyzed the statements of 123 Tamils (aggregately detained for a total of 139 times) who were unlawfully detained by Sri Lankan security forces between 2015 and 2022, all [...]
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) released on Saturday a statement regarding unspecified threats towards the office and its officials, calling for such attempts to impede or influence its investigations to “cease immediately.” The OTP is an independent organ of the ICC, and its mandate involves “examining situations under the jurisdiction [...]
