The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that France violated Ms. H.W’s right to respect for private and family life, her right to sexual freedom, and right to bodily autonomy by granting a divorce on the grounds that she failed to perform her “marital duty” to have sexual relations with her husband. [...]

Tehran’s First Criminal Court has sentenced the popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy for “insulting Prophet Muhammad,” according to Iran International. The case was reopened after the prosecutor rejected the original sentence of five years of imprisonment. The 37-year-old musician is famous, particularly [...]

Amnesty International urged Cameroon to improve its human rights situation Thursday, responding to the country’s suspension of four non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including the Central African Human Rights Defenders Network (REDHAC), and the alleged harassment of Cameroonian lawyer and REDHAC board president Alice Nkom. On December 5, Cameroonian Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Atanga Nji issued [...]

The Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court on Sunday rejected former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s objection to the execution of the arrest warrant and the search warrant of the presidential resident, according to local media outlet Yonhap. Yoon’s lawyers filed the objection on Thursday, calling the warrants “illegal” and citing Article 417 of [...]

An independent UN mission on Thursday urged Venezuelan authorities to respect the rights to life, liberty and personal security of all Venezuelans. The mission also demanded the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals ahead of President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration to another term on January 10.   The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of [...]

Bosnia’s Serb Regional Parliament ordered its representatives on Wednesday to boycott votes in joint state bodies to hinder the reforms needed for EU integration. The order was made in an emergency session to discuss the response to the ongoing trial of the president of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, for refusing to annul a [...]

The UK Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear an appeal submitted by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) regarding the Islandmagee Gas Cavern Project in Northern Ireland. The case, which concerns DAERA’s grant of a marine construction license to install a five hundred million cubic meter gas cavern storage facility under [...]

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty on Friday urged the members of the Italian Senate not to adopt Bill 1236 on Public Security. O’Flaherty voiced his concerns about the disproportionate impact brought by the bill on the freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. In a letter to the Senate president, O’Flaherty flagged [...]

The Vaucluse criminal court in Avignon, France, convicted 51 men including the main defendant Dominique Pelicot in a rape trial on Thursday. The case sparks debates on adding the consent element to the current definition of rape under the French Criminal Code. Dominique admitted to drugging and raping his now ex-wife, Gisele Pelicot, and inviting [...]

The South Korean National Assembly on Thursday approved impeachment motions against the justice minister and police chief for their involvement in the planning and execution of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree. Additionally, the parliament approved new laws to appoint two special prosecutors to thoroughly investigate Yoon’s martial law declaration, as well a [...]