Spain
Spanish court acquits man accused of resisting an unlawful arrest.
Is a person justified in resisting unlawful arrest by police officers?
Elements of the Spanish National Police Corps responded to a call for a fight between several people. However, on...
Chile
Court of Appeals in Chile authorizes the vaccination of a newborn after her mother’s refusal.
A mother refused to vaccinate her newborn daughter despite the insistence of a medical clinic, which turned to the Chilean courts to authorize the...
Brazil
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
A law banning neutral language in schools must be suspended, Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal rules
United States
Preliminary Injunction to allow parents to exclude children from exposure to LGBTQ books is denied, US Court of Appeals rules.
A group of parents filed a claim against the decision of the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland, United States, to include LGBTQ-inclusive...
Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment, rules a Court of Appeal in Kenya
Life imprisonment is an inhuman punishment and an unconstitutional sentence.
The Court of Appeal at Malandi, Kenya ruled that the sentence of life imprisonment is...
United Kingdom
UK High Court finds a man liable for contempt of court for allowing someone else to impersonate him at a hearing.
Due to the restrictions of the pandemic, the courts implemented virtual hearings. However, what would happen if a person, taking advantage of this modality,...
Turkey
Blocking access to Twitter violates the right to freedom of expression, the Constitutional Court of Turkey rules.
Social media and the internet are modern tools for exercising freedom of expression in contemporary societies. What would happen if a government completely blocked...
Comparative Law
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Can universities prohibit students from protesting against them?
Freedom of expression at universities. It has been reported that university administrators warned students at a University...
Spain
The dismissal of a worker for shouting a swear word at his boss was unjustified, rules the Superior Tribunal of Justice of Madrid, Spain.
Can a worker be fired for shouting a swear word at his boss?
In Spain, a worker on his way out of the company was...
International Protection of Human Rights
Persons with disabilities have the right to found a family
The human right of persons with disabilities to start a family.
The right to found a family of persons with disabilities has been recognized...
ECOWAS
Gambian laws criminalising the spreading of fake news transgress freedom of expression, rules ECOWAS Court of Justice
Are laws criminalising the dissemination of false news contrary to freedom of expression?
The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States...
