The Australian attorney general announced Tuesday that the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) will be inquiring into justice responses to sexual violence in Australia. The inquiry will examine legislation and frameworks related to evidence, court procedures, processes and jury instructions. This includes reviewing laws pertaining to consent, policies, training programs for judges, police and legal [...]
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Federal judge overseeing Trump election interference case refuses to hold prosecutor in contempt
The federal judge overseeing former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington DC refused on Thursday to hold the lead prosecutor in contempt. Trump had sought to hold Special Counsel Jack Smith in contempt for continuing to file documents with the trial court after Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a stay on any [...]
On Thursday, the Northern Ireland Department of Justice published a summary of various responses pertaining to increasing the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Former Justice Minister Naomi Long headed a 12-week public consultation in October 2022, where respondents gave their views on whether the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) should be increased from 10 [...]
Australia capital state to raise age of criminal responsibility
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government Tuesday introduced a bill to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 years old to 14. The Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly, making the ACT the first Australian jurisdiction to increase the age of criminal responsibility [...]
JURIST Features Editor Ingrid Burke Friedman talked with Brian Concannon, a human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti about the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti. Below is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity. Could you please tell us more about your [...]
US dispatch: threats of violence loom over pending midterm elections
Justin Lindsay is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served 10 years as an Officer in the United States Army. Threats to election safety are rising to a crescendo in the United States. The US “midterms” (called that because they occur between presidential [...]
Law against 'encouraging' or 'inducing' unlawful immigration struck down
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday struck down a federal law that prohibits “encouraging” or “inducing” unlawful immigration on First Amendment grounds. The court examined whether the law “permits a felony prosecution of any person who ‘encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United [...]
India's lower house of parliament passes legislation banning "instant divorce"
The lower house of parliament of India, the Lok Sabha , on Thursday passed a bill criminalizing the practice of triple talaq or "instant divorce" whereby a Muslim man could divorce his wife by merely uttering the...
A coalition of 146 Congolese and international human rights organizations released a joint declaration Tuesday urging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to create new mechanisms in its national justice system for prosecuting war crimes....
The UN General Assembly held its first debate Wednesday on the "role of the international criminal justice system in reconciliation." The debate was orchestrated by General Assembly President Vuk Jeremic ...
