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Under President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s leadership, the Sri Lankan civil war reached a brutal conclusion on May 18, 2009, ending a 25-year-long conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist rebel group. Rooted in longstanding grievances, including discriminatory policies against Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority, the conflict saw the [...]

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Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim held a pre-election international press conference on Tuesday where Lai asserted that Taiwan is an independent sovereign state, criticizing Beijing’s intention to intervene in the election. “If China’s intervention succeeds, and whoever China appoints and supports will be elected, then [...]

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A blast at the Anglican Church-run Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City’s southern Al Zaytoun neighborhood Tuesday evening local time killed hundreds of people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Gaza’s health ministry initially placed the death toll at 500 and blamed an Israel Defense Force (IDF) airstrike. However, on Wednesday, the IDF released surveillance [...]

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In a hearing Wednesday, a US federal judge in Delaware rejected a plea deal by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. After a three-hour proceeding in which US District Judge Maryellen Noreika cited constitutionality concerns with the plea, Biden pleaded not guilty to three tax and firearms offenses charges. Wednesday’s hearing was intended as a [...]

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US President Joe Biden expressed disappointment on Monday over the Israeli Knesset’s passage of the judicial reform bill. In a statement released from the White House, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on behalf of the President, “It is unfortunate that the vote today took place with the slimmest possible majority.” The controversial bill, which seeks [...]

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Israel took a significant step closer to a constitutional crisis on July 24, 2023, when the controversial “Reasonableness Amendment” passed its final readings in the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset), becoming law by a 64-0 vote that occurred while the opposition left the Knesset in protest. The amendment aims to reshape the grounds for judicial review [...]

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Rights groups and civil society organisations in Kenya called Sunday for the urgent reconstitution of the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and the full repeal of the controversial Finance Act 2023 in a bid to calm the hot political climate in the country. Their call came after widespread demonstrations last week against the incumbent [...]

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Irish barristers have scheduled another in a series of protests regarding pay in relation to Criminal Legal Aid cases. The campaign, entitled “A Celebration of Failure 2” will take place outside the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin on July 14. The purpose of this event, which follows similar demonstrations in March and April 2022, [...]

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Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a rising 3L at the University of Ottawa.  Wildfires are currently burning in large portions of Québec, British Columbia, and eastern Canada, with dozens of communities across the nation issuing [...]

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