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"Broadly scoped, ambiguous, and nonspecific international cooperation measures with few conditions and safeguards are simply a recipe for disaster that can put basic privacy and free expression rights at risk" - EFF

This is Part V in EFF’s ongoing series about the proposed UN Cybercrime Convention. Read Part I for a quick snapshot of the ins and outs of the zero draft; Part II for a deep dive on Chapter IV dealing with domestic surveillance powers; Part III for a deep dive on Chapter V regarding international...

This article highlights a few cases which have applied the rule of ejusdem generis to different Articles of the Constitution.

In this article, we look at 25 countries with the highest Muslim population in the world.

In this article, we look at 25 countries with the highest Muslim population in the world. To skip our detailed analysis on the Islamic world, you can head over directly to 10 Countries with the Highest Muslim Population in the World. Islam is the second largest religion in the world after Christianity, with over 1.8 […]

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the Imposition of Restrictions Act, passed by Parliament in 2020, which granted the government the power to impose restrictions in the interest of public health and safety during the pandemic as unconstitutional see: Supreme Court declares law that enabled the government to impose Covid-19 restrictions as unconstitutional, ghanaweb.

On May 17, Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, dissolved the National Assembly by activating a unique constitutional clause known as ‘mutual death’ [muerte cruzada]. Under this provision, added to Ecuador’s Constitution in 2008 but never before used, the President can dissolve the Legislative, call general elections, and rule by decree until a new Legislative and President are elected. This post details the significance of these recent events and the decision of the Constitutional Cour...

MUZAFFARABAD: A team of the lawyers of former AJK premier Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Wednesday filed a fresh appeal in...

The issues posed by the amendment are a unique legal development. Indian courts have not yet substantively dealt with legal cases where online speech of private citizens is sought to be controlled by the government in this way.

During the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, the efficacy of the American electoral process and the 1887 Electoral Count Act was drawn to the forefront of the public...