The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia issued a statement Monday, expressing grave concerns over the disappearance of Russian dissident and opposition figure, Alexei Navalny, who has been missing... Read more »
Federal prosecutors say they plan to retry former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison for violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor and four others during the March 2020 police raid that... Read more »
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Poland’s failure to recognize same-sex couples violates its obligations to human rights. Przybyszewska and Others v. Poland involved several same-sex couples who had... Read more »
Beginning on July 1, 2024, New York City employers will be required under a newly enacted city law to distribute and post a city-created “Workers’ Bill of Rights” notice informing employees of... Read more »
Legal and human rights groups have filed a legal challenge with the UK’s High Court calling for the government to stop granting licenses for weapons exports to Israel, activists said on Thursday.... Read more »
Madrid-based human rights organization Safeguard Defenders (SD) published a report on Sunday alleging the practice of collective punishment as a political tool by the Chinese government against human rights defenders and their... Read more »
The UK, the US and Canada announced coordinated sanctions on Friday against individuals and entities linked to human rights abuse, approaching the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human... Read more »
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim A.A. Khan concluded his trip to Israel and Palestine on Sunday, issuing a statement stressing the importance of international law. This was the... Read more »
West African NGO alliance the People’s Coalition for the Sahel demanded the immediate release of human rights defender Daoda Diallo, Secretary General of the Collective Against Impunity and Stigmatisation of Communities (CISC),... 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 and affecting Perú. All of them are from... Read more »