In the outcome of a parliamentary vote held last week, Canada became the second country behind the United States to describe China’s treatment of its Uyghur as genocide. This non-binding Conservative motion passed almost unanimously with members of parliament across both sides of the political spectrum siding in favor 266
Northern Ireland’s human rights commission is taking legal action against the United Kingdom’s government for its alleged failure to provide safe and accessible abortion services for the region. The right to abortion has remained a legal entitlement since such services were legalized in the country last year in March. However,
The grave impact the coronavirus has had on prison and jail facilities may have presented a novel opportunity for advocacy groups to realize many of their long-awaited calls for criminal justice reform. As outlined by the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), the basis for these calls are
In mid-December, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced it suspects Russian hackers are behind a massive, newly-discovered cyberattack on government agencies and private U.S. businesses. Although the consequences of this are not as obvious as those of traditional military attacks, the long-term impacts could be considerably
Surges of reports surfacing in the last few months have made Germany’s growing trend of far-right extremism an increasingly visible phenomenon. This form of extremism is not entirely new to Germany, whose intelligence agencies have long recognized the threat as a dimension of domestic terrorism. However, the new bounty of
On Thursday, November 19th, Mexico’s Senate voted 82-12 in favor of a bill that would legalize marijuana in the country. If this marijuana-legalizing initiative receives the necessary final stamp of approval in the Lower House of Congress come December – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is confident that it will,
In the face of recent, irrefutable evidence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s mass repression of Uyghur Muslims, an increasing number of states have chosen to formally condemn the CCP’s actions through domestic legal reform. Japan is a recent example of a country that has followed this trend. Headed by
The reelection of Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday, October 28th – extending his presidency an additional 5 years – has been at the dismal of both his opposition and perhaps many other Tanzanians who simply desire a more free and stable country. The burgeoning of accusations throughout the process
On Tuesday, November 3rd, using construction equipment like Bulldozers and Diggers, Israeli military forces decimated dozens of Palestinian homes in the village of Homsa al-Baqia overnight—located in the Israeli-occupied region of the West Bank. Roughly 80 Palestinian citizens were left displaced or homeless in the wake of the attack, a
On Wednesday, October 21st, the European Parliament sent out a resolution (adopted by 641 votes in favour, 5 against and 47 abstentions) insisting on greater European commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. This resolution was aimed to address the many ambiguities currently associated with international nuclear arms security. Chief among what was outlined
On September 26th, after almost a full year of negotiations, the transitional government of Sudan signed a peace agreement with the country’s main rebel alliance: the SRF (Sudan Revolutionary Front). The agreement was signed in Juba, the capital of neighbouring South Sudan, where notable attendees (among others) included Sudan’s Sovereign
