The National Assembly of Cambodia unanimously passed amendments to its constitution on Monday to prohibit the country’s leaders from being citizens of other jurisdictions. The constitutional amendments are designed to “determine the sole Khmer nationality for the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, the Prime Minister and the President of the [...]
The Philippines Senate voted unanimously in favor of a bill at its third reading on Monday, which will raise the age of sexual consent in the country to 16. The age a person can consent to sex in the Philippines under the current law is 12. The Philippines senate voted 22 in favor, 0 against [...]
An independent report published on Tuesday revealed that the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to prevent sexual exploitation during its response to the Ebola epidemic between August 2018 and June 2020. The Independent Commission on Allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse during the Response to the 10th Ebola Outbreak collated data from interviews, field trips [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found on Tuesday that police breached privacy rights by searching images that were automatically reported by a Google algorithm before obtaining a warrant. One of Google’s algorithms automatically reported to authorities four images that the defendant attached in an email. The algorithm had detected suspected child [...]
LGBTQIA+ youth in South Korea are threatened by the country’s failure to enact non-discrimination provisions, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday. The report, entitled “I Thought of Myself as Defective”: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools, interviewed students in the country who identify as LGBTQIA+ [...]
The UN Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic revealed on Tuesday that Syria is unsafe for refugees to return to following one decade of armed conflict and war. The report found that between July 2020 and June 2021, armed conflict increased. In Aleppo, the report found that “civilians live in [...]
Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled Tuesday that total criminalization of abortion is unconstitutional. The unanimous decision from a bench of 10 judges invalidated Article 196 of the Penal Code of Coahuila. Article 196 provided that pregnant people who underwent elective pregnancy termination, or people that caused a pregnant person to have [...]
South Korea passed an amendment to its Military Court Act on Tuesday that will see members of the country’s military accused of homicide and sex crimes tried in civilian courts. Before the amendment, such cases were heard in specialized military courts. According to activists, this compromised the independence of trials. Military commanders had influence over [...]
China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection called for increased regulation of food outlets on Monday after revealing the compromised food safety of certain outlets that have been overwhelmed by internet popularity. According to the Commission, food safety outlets whose reputation, scale and number of locations are responses to online popularity has led to compromised food [...]
China’s National People’s Congress, passed a new law Friday that aims to protect individuals’ privacy on Friday. Under the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), when personal information processors use automated decision-making to advertise to individuals, they must allow individuals to reject the marketing. Alternatively, when showing the information, personal information processors must include options that [...]
