Legal Analysis
Judicial Reform in Mexico: It contravenes international law
The President of Mexico presented in February 2024 a Constitutional Reform bill to the Federal Judiciary of great magnitude. One of the transcendental points of the reform is that...
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...
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...
India
Supreme Court of India rules that no one can be compelled to be vaccinated
India's Supreme Court ruled that no one can be compelled to be vaccinated.
The Supreme Court of India ruled that Article 21 of the Constitution...
Chile
University of Chile cannot refuse to award a degree to a student due to debts, Chilean Supreme Court rules
Can a university refuse to award a degree to a student for having debts?
The University of Chile refused to award a degree to a...
Colombia
Life imprisonment violates human dignity, Colombian Constitutional Court rules.
Unconstitutionality of revisable life imprisonment.
Life imprisonment violates fundamental rights and undermines human dignity, according to Colombia's Constitutional Court.
Colombia. Constitucional Court. Sentencia C-294/21
The Colombian Congress...
Ireland
Marriage to an Irish citizen does not confer the right to live in the country, rules the Irish Supreme Court.
Case: Gorry & anor -v- Minister for Justice and Equality, A.B.M. & an or -v- Minister for Justice and Equality
The Irish Supreme Court ruled...
