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A Jehovah’s Witness has taken the country of Spain to the European Court of Human Rights for administering her a blood transfusion during surgery against her will. Rosa Edelmira Pindo Mulla, an Ecuadorian woman living in Spain, claims to be a victim of “medical paternalism”, due to her nationality and religion. In 2017, following a […]

ICJ hears South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza war   South Africa accuses Israel of violating the UN’s 1948 Genocide Convention, established in the wake of the Holocaust. Video Duration 03 minutes 04 seconds  Israel faces accusations that it is subjecting Palestinians in Gaza to genocidal acts, as the International Court of Justice

Chief Justice Roberts, In Year-End Report, Says AI Won’t Make Judges Obsolete, But Will Transform their Work Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. used his year-end report to weigh in on the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession, saying he does not believe AI will replace human judges. “As 2023 draws to a close

Ex-Suriname president convicted in killings ordered to report to prison-prosecutor   Former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse, whose conviction for involvement in the killing of 15 people more than four decades ago was upheld in December, must report to a jail to serve his sentence, the public prosecutor said on Wednesday. A three-judge panel affirmed the convictions

Post Office scandal explained: What the Horizon saga is all about   Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the government will bring in a new law to “swiftly exonerate and compensate victims” of the Post Office scandal. More than 900 workers were prosecuted after faulty software wrongly made it look like money was missing. Their case

The US has made the long-awaited decision to allow Bitcoin to be part of mainstream investing funds. It has approved what are known as spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which can be purchased by anyone from pension funds to ordinary investors. The announcement from the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission was accompanied by

Liberian former chief justice Gloria Musu-Scott. (African women in law) Liberian former chief justice Gloria Musu-Scott and three other family members have been found guilty of murder. After a gruelling five-months trial, the jury in the trial of Liberian former chief justice Gloria Musu-Scott reached its verdict on 21 December, finding Musu-Scott and three other