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The US House Committees on Oversight and Reform & Energy and Commerce Thursday jointly released a report criticizing the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm. The report says that the FDA and Aduhelm-manufacturer Biogen acted in concert to get the drug approved in a hastened manner despite doubts about Aduhelm’s [...]

Since the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, human rights conditions have continued to deteriorate throughout the country. While the current ruling military dictatorship is guilty of causing and/or perpetuating many rights violations, some — such as restrictions on labor rights — had started even before the coup. In this explainer I will look at [...]

Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Friday introduced the Abortion Care Awareness Act of 2022. This act would create a national public health, education, awareness and outreach campaign to provide accurate information about where and how to obtain abortion care ​in an attempt to enhance accessibility. The act directs the Secretary [...]

On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturned Roe v. Wade with a 6-3 majority. This judgment raises multiple constitutional law and due process issues. However, this article will not be addressing these issues. The focus of this piece is to analyze and highlight [...]

A group of 20 US senators released a bipartisan proposal Sunday to combat the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. The proposal, which includes 10 Republicans, 9 Democrats, and 1 independent, would expand access to mental health care nationwide and impose greater restrictions on the purchase of firearms. The official statement brands the plan as “a [...]

The Spanish government approved a draft bill Tuesday that extends abortion access for teenagers, removes existing obstacles to abortion, and may make Spain the first country in Europe to grant workers menstrual leave. The draft, which Spain’s Council of Ministers approved, will reform Spain’s current Organic Law 2/2010, of 3 March, on Sexual and Reproductive [...]

JURIST is launching a new series of dispatches from major US states written by JURIST correspondents “on the ground” in those jurisdictions. JURIST Operations Director Ram Eachambadi files this report from Los Angeles. Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom proposed California’s highly ambitious 2022-23 state budget proposal. Titled “The California Blueprint,” the proposed budget aims [...]

The Government of Canada announced Tuesday a $40 billion agreement-in-principle to reform the on-reserve child welfare system and compensate its First Nations child members. The agreement was made between Canada, the Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and other groups. It provides a global resolution for First Nations children [...]

This article was co-authored by JURIST South Asia Bureau Chief Ananaya Agrawal and Ishan Bhatnagar, both of whom are students at National Law University, Delhi in India As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, rights discourse in several countries has sparked concerns about the welfare of more marginalized groups who tend to be at once [...]

The US District Court for the District of Arizona Friday ordered the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Recovery (ADC) to trial for failure to make agreed-upon progress toward prison healthcare reforms. The case against ADC was initially filed in 2012 by 15 people incarcerated in Arizona facilities on behalf of all the other inmates. Among [...]