The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Friday released its special report on the condition of people with disabilities in Ukraine and offered recommendations according to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The CRPD said it is “gravely concerned” for people with disabilities who are trapped in [...]

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the US Supreme Court Friday passed an injunction on a New York trial court’s order directing Yeshiva University to recognise “Pride Alliance” as official student club. In a two-line order, Sotomayor held that the lower court ruling would be stayed “pending further order” from her or from the full court. Last [...]

India’s medical regulatory institution, the National Medical Commission (NMC) Friday declared conversion therapy “professional misconduct” and empowered the State Medical Councils to initiate disciplinary action against medical professionals if they attempt to perform conversion therapy.  Conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific therapy concept intended to change a LGBTQIA+ person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is considered torture by [...]

The Supreme Court of India Friday granted interim bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad. Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia observed that, while the High Court must decide whether Setalvad is ultimately released on bail, the Supreme Court is free to decide “whether the custody of the appellant [...]

The Council of State, France’s highest administrative court, Tuesday held that controversial imam Hassan Iquioussen’s anti-Semitic and anti-woman remarks constitute “acts of explicit and deliberate provocation to discrimination or hatred” under France’s Civil Code, and Iquioussen’s deportation is justified. The Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories (MIOT) decided to deport Iquioussen from France to [...]

The Indian Supreme Court Monday released a decision expanding the conventional legal meaning of “family” and granted equal protection of the law to an atypical family unit. The court observed that “familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships.” The case concerned a married woman who was denied maternity leave [...]

India’s Allahabad High Court Tuesday granted bail to Mohammad Alam, a co-accused with journalist Siddique Kappan under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The court held that there is “no complicity and involvement” of Mohammad Alam in any kind of terrorist activities against the country. The two were arrested on 5 October 2020 by the [...]

Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance on Monday granted bail to Albert Ho Chun-yan, a former lawmaker and the former vice chair of the Hong Kong Alliance, who had been held for a year in a national security case. Ho was accused with two others, Lee Cheuk-yan, and Chow Hang-tung, of inciting subversion of state [...]

India’s Karnataka High Court Monday dismissed a petition challenging the contents of the Islamic call to prayer (Azaan). The petition asserted that the term “Allahu Akbar,” Allah is the greatest, hurt the sentiments of other religious beliefs. The court held that Article 25 and 26 of India’s Constitution “embodies the principle of religious tolerance” and [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday published a call asking Hong Kong to end its “unfair” trial practices against 47 lawmakers and activists charged under the national security law imposed in 2020 and immediately release those still detained. According to HRW, the crimes established by the law are “overly broad and arbitrarily applied.” After the media [...]