The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided on Friday that the standard of proof required in major disciplinary offense proceedings for inmates would be raised from a “balance of probabilities” to “beyond a reasonable doubt.” This decision comes n John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), in which it was successfully argued that [...]

Federal Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, for a second time blocked the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), stating that the plaintiff, NetChoice LLC, has adequately shown a likelihood of success on its First Amendment claim. Specifically, Freeman noted that NetChoice adequately established that [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)  ruled on Thursday that Ukraine violated the European Convention on Human Rights by failing to prevent and investigate violence during the Odesa’s pro-European Maidan protests in 2014. In late April 2014, Ukrainian authorities obtained intelligence showing signs of possible incitement to violence and mass riots at the “For [...]

Siddhi Joshi and Ananya Kohli contributed to this report.  South Sudanese authorities arrested 22 political and military personnel in violation of human rights obligations in mid-February, according to a Thursday statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The group called on South Sudanese authorities to cease arbitrary detentions of opposition leaders, reveal their whereabouts and ensure that [...]

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) plans to halve the food rations to $6 a month per refugee starting next month. Amnesty International on Thursday called on the international community to step up and support the WFP to avoid a devastating impact on the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.  With 95 percent of Rohingya households dependent [...]

A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a complaint Thursday against the Trump administration for sweeping layoffs across the Education Department, saying it amounts to an illegal dismantling of an agency created by Congress. The Attorney Generals (AGs) for Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, [...]

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and seven other students of Columbia University filed a complaint on Thursday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to block the university from releasing student or student-worker disciplinary records in relation to 11 specific incidents to the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and [...]

In recent weeks, the administration of US President Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented campaign against major law firms that have in the past represented political opponents. Within a two-week period, Trump issued executive orders targeting firms Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie. Both firms have ties to individuals who have been thorns in the [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warned on Thursday that Türkiye’s newly approved cybersecurity bill could undermine press freedom by criminalizing legitimate reporting and granting the government extensive surveillance powers over cyberspace. The CPJ criticized the new law for imposing a prison sentence of two to five years for any individual who “knowingly creates or [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student at Maharashtra National Law University in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. India’s Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is currently in the midst of its Budget Session, with parliamentarians convening to discuss and deliberate policy matters cutting across party lines. Last Tuesday, the government introduced [...]