The UK Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel (IEP) published a report on Tuesday reprimanding former MP and assistant government whip Aaron Bell for his sexual misconduct, which took place in December 2023. The misconduct was reported to the IEP by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards in early 2024 and relates to Bell’s inappropriate and unwanted touching [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Tuesday urging authorities in Burkina Faso to investigate following the August 24 attack on civilians by the armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM). The attack, which occurred at a military trench digging site in the village of Barsalogho, left casualties of over 133 dead and 200 [...]

US District Judge Christopher Conner on Tuesday dismissed Republicans’ challenge against a state law that obligates Pennsylvania to accept military and overseas ballots cast without requirements of providing identification proof. The case concerned Pennsylvania’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (UMOVA), which allows overseas and military voters to mail in ballots without providing identification proof. [...]

On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s asserted that a North Korean troop deployment to Ukraine could align with international law. However, experts say that statement stands in stark contrast to several foundational legal principles, particularly those outlined in the United Nations Charter and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) (VCLT). The [...]

The Constitutional Court (AYM) of Türkiye ruled on Monday that the 11-day solitary confinement sentence given to Nihat Ekmez, a prisoner at Izmir No. 2 T Type Closed Penal Institution, for making a victory sign during a monthly open visitation was disproportionate and violated his freedom of expression. The visitation records indicate that other visitors [...]

Amnesty International condemned Israel’s decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Tuesday, saying it criminalizes humanitarian aid and could worsen an already dire humanitarian situation. Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnès Callamard strongly opposed the newly approved law, which completely prohibits UNRWA from functioning [...]

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainee Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner rights organization, and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club reported in statements on Monday that Israeli prison staff had brutally assaulted Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political leader and member of the Central Committee of Fatah. During a visit to Megiddo prison, Marwan Barghouti’s lawyer learned of the [...]

A joint statement from EU ministers was released Monday condemning the Georgian election for violations of international standards. In light of Georgia’s attempt to join the EU, the statement prefaces that the electoral violations are ‘incompatible’ with EU standards, and, as such, this will cause severe detriment to their aims of joining the EU. The [...]

Local police and the FBI are conducting an investigation following the detonation of incendiary devices in two ballot dropboxes early Monday morning, which damaged hundreds of ballots in Washington and Oregon. Authorities have assured the public that all affected individuals will have the opportunity to recast their votes. In Washington, voters are being encouraged to [...]

The UK imposed sanctions on three Russian agencies and senior figures for orchestrating disinformation campaigns aimed at undermining Ukraine’s democracy on Monday. The sanctions were imposed through an amendment of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and target the “Doppelganger” network as part of a coordinated international effort to combat Russian interference and support [...]