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South Africa's top court rules that private and personal cannabis use should be legal in the climax of a case that has pitted officials against marijuana advocates and the judiciary. Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, delivering the Johannesburg-based Constitutional Court's unanimous verdict, said that the law banning marijuana use in private by adults "is unconstitutional and therefore invalid". IMAGES
A French court has suspended a ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits imposed by a Mediterranean resort that has angered Muslims, feminists and civil liberties campaigners. Nathan Frandino reports.
France's highest administrative court is set to make a preliminary decision on whether to temporarily uphold -- or suspend -- local beach bans on the Burkini, an all-body women's swimsuit that's at the center of a wider discussion over immigration, Islamophobia and security. Mana Rabiee reports.
Europe's top rights court says Switzerland is not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states in curbing global warming. SOUNDBITE
Images show Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire arriving at the Kigali High Court where she was applying for her civil rights to be restored, including the right to stand as a presidential candidate in the elections on July 15. The court, however, rejected her application. IMAGES
Lawyer Raj Chada and climate activist Christofer 'Chris' Kebbon give short statements outside Westminster Magistrates Court after climate activist Greta Thunberg and four other protesters were acquitted following their arrest while protesting at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London in October 2023. SOUNDBITE
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