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 [...]

Slovenia applied for intervention against Myanmar on Wednesday in an International Court of Justice case that accuses Myanmar of genocide against its Rohingya population. The right to intervene is for the treaty’s parties to express their interpretation of the law to the court before it decides on a matter that can affect the legal interest [...]

The secretary-general of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, welcomed on Wednesday International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, regarding alleged crimes against humanity committed against the Rohingya minority. Callamard stated: Today’s announcement by the ICC prosecutor is a decisive step and an important [...]

Amnesty International on Thursday condemned a Thai court’s dismissal of a spyware misuse lawsuit against NSO Group Technologies, caling the court’s decision an “alarming setback.” The rights group said: The court’s failure to recognize NSO Group’s role in facilitating human rights abuses via the targeting of Thai human rights defenders with Pegasus spyware is deeply [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Azerbaijan violated the freedom of expression of a lawyer who was disbarred for filing a corruption complaint against the director of a legal consultancy. The applicant, Afgan Mammadov, argued that his disbarment was a form of retaliation for exercising his freedom of expression under [...]

Supporters of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales took more than 200 soldiers hostage on Saturday. The Bolivian Foreign Ministry reported that the activists occupied three military facilities in the region of Chapare during protests on Friday. The statement accused them of possessing weapons and ammunition. At least 30 police officers are reportedly injured, and more [...]

A Dutch court ordered the Central Organ for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) to pay the municipality of Westerwolde 50,000 euros per day that its Ter Apel asylum seeker reception center exceeds 2,000 occupants, local media reported Wednesday. The potential penalty could reach up to 5 million euros in total. The COA reported that [...]

Ireland’s lower house of parliament, the Dáil Éireann, voted to “take note” of the final report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying (JCAD), with 76 votes for and 53 against, on Thursday. The vote has no legal effect but indicates support for legislation in the area. It is up to both houses of parliament [...]