Law students and young lawyers from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy recently graduated from Maastricht... Read more »
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Alabama state authorities Tuesday to cancel the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, which is scheduled to take place next week by... Read more »
The South African National Assembly passed a motion on Tuesday calling on the country’s government to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel. The same day, Scotland’s Parliament urged a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas... Read more »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement Sunday calling on China to allow commemorations for the one-year anniversary of the “White Paper” protests against the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The... Read more »
Amnesty International urged the Pakistani government to stop detentions, deportations and harassment of Afghan refugees on Friday. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, over 600,000 Afghans have fled the country and resided... Read more »
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) issued a statement Friday urging Russia to retract arrest warrants the country issued against senior International Criminal Court (ICC) judges. Senior ICC judges investigate and try... Read more »
Nebraska non-profit ‘Justice in Action’ is pushing for a $1 million increase to the Lancaster prison budget to be used for rehabilitation and diversion programs rather than boarding contracts, Matt Chibe reports... Read more »
The Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic recently submitted comments endorsing a fair and balanced approach to standards-essential patents (SEP) policy and encouraging federal agencies to formalize a statement embodying those principles.... Read more »