Australia’s first laws to make coercive control a crime must be expanded to include rape in relationships as well as stalking and other forms of violence, according to the international expert who coined the term. Prof Evan Stark and his… Read More »Countering ‘rape as routine’: world expert explains the key to getting coercive control laws right
Minister Rosa Weber was elected today (10) president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). The inauguration is scheduled for September 12, when the Minister Luiz Fux, current president, will complete a two-year term and leave the command of the Court.… Read More »Brazilian Federal Supreme Court (STF) has a new president
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party (PL), submitted his bid for re-election as president yesterday (Aug 9). His running mate is retired General Walter Braga Netto (PL), former defense minister. The incumbent declared his assets to total BRL… Read More »Jair Bolsonaro registers re-election bid
The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) signed on Tuesday (Aug. 2) the third cooperation agreement that allows the sending of international missions to monitor the Brazilian electoral process. The new agreement was signed with the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations (Uniore).… Read More »Court signs agreement for international observation of elections
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court and the electoral branch of the country’s Prosecutor-General’s Office signed an agreement on Monday (Aug 1) on efforts to combat gender-based political violence in the October elections. Attacks and physical aggression aimed at violating the political… Read More »Brazil electoral bodies to fight violence against female candidates
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court and the electoral branch of the country’s Prosecutor-General’s Office signed an agreement on Monday (Aug 1) on efforts to combat gender-based political violence in the October elections. Attacks and physical aggression aimed at violating the political… Read More »Brazil electoral authorities to fight violence against women
New bail laws hastily passed by the New South Wales government after a campaign by a Sydney tabloid newspaper have failed to imprison the child sex offenders they were designed to target, while also being critiqued by a supreme court… Read More »Hastily drafted NSW bail laws criticised by judge and legal groups
The United Nations’ highest court has rejected Myanmar’s attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority, paving the way for evidence of atrocities to be heard. The international court of justice rejected all preliminary… Read More »Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed
The EU has expressed its anger over the backing given by MPs for legislation overriding post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland by launching a further four legal cases against the UK government. The claims concern past failures to implement the 2019… Read More »EU launches four more legal cases against UK over Northern Ireland protocol
Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court and the Movement Against Electoral Corruption—MCCE in the original acronym—on Tuesday (Jul 19) signed a cooperation agreement to fight misinformation in the 2022 elections. The move incorporates the 70 associations making up the MCCE into the… Read More »Brazil electoral court joined by new allies against disinformation