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Just Security: Opening Stages in UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks Reflect Human Rights Risks
April 20, 2022
Justsecurity.org highlights the potential human rights risks with the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Criminal Purposes’s goal to complete a global agreement by early 2024 in order to facilitate international cooperation and coordination on cybercrime
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Judge Rules Against CDC Guidelines, Biden Admin Suspends Mask Mandate for Airports, Flights
April 20, 2022
The Biden administration suspended its mask mandate for airports, planes and other forms of travel following U.S. District Judge Mizelle’s decision that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overstepped its authority.
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The Atlantic: The Resignation of Two UK Judges brings Final Blow to Hong Kong
April 11, 2022
As both the UK and the U.S. observe Hong Kong pivoting towards mainland China’s style of authoritarian rule, two prominent British judges who had been serving on Hong Kong’s highest court stepped down, taking with them one of the final links between the island and the West.
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U.N. Suspends Russia from Human Rights Body
April 08, 2022
With 93 votes in favor, The United Nations General Assembly suspended Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council over reports of human rights violations in Ukraine, leading Moscow to announce it was quitting the body.
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VOA: Britain’s Hong Kong Report Says Freedoms Extinguished
April 06, 2022
Since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997 the British government has released two reports a year about Hong Kong and its progress under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and it the latest report, the British Government has declared that Hong Kong’s freedoms have been extinguished since Beijing imposed its National Security Law.
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