Main content Hundreds of lawyers and community members joined Minnesota federal judges in a recent courthouse event fostering awareness of disability rights. The March event called, “The Unfinished Journey: Civil Rights for... Read more »
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russia’s occupation and border enforcement of two regions in Georgia systematically violated Georgians’ human rights. The ECHR found that Russia violated multiple... Read more »
Today, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision holding that Switzerland violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to adequately protect them from climate change. Specifically, the Court... Read more »
Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from... Read more »
US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and US Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) announced on Sunday draft legislation to “establish a national data privacy and security standard.” In the joint statement, the two... Read more »
The UN Human Rights Council adopted resolutions Thursday to call on UN member states to refrain from supplying jet fuel to the Myanmar military. The council also extended the mandates of the... Read more »
Are employers required to conduct human rights due diligence in their global operations? The scope and scale of many employers’ global operations and their global supply chains are expanding. This expansion has... Read more »
The governing Georgian Dream party announced Monday a controversial bill aimed at curbing LGBTQ+ rights. The bill aims to combat what the party has called “LGBT propaganda” and proposes significant changes to... Read more »
Amnesty International (AI) reported Monday that Crimean residents have suffered ten years of systematic oppression since Russia’s annexation of the region in 2014. AI reported that since annexation, Russia has oppressed Crimea’s... Read more »
Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys reached a settlement on Monday over the state law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay.” The parties came to an agreement after two years of litigation and... Read more »