Griffins Abuora is a Kenya School of Law student based in Kisumu, where he reports on legal, policy, and human rights developments in Kenya for JURIST. The arrest of five activists in Nairobi on May 12, 2026 during the Africa Forward Summit once again placed Kenya at the centre of a difficult debate: how should [...]

Sophia Kuhnke is a law student at Università Bocconi School of Law and a JURIST correspondent covering recent developments in Italy.  On Tuesday, the 12th of May, the Bari Court of Appeal (Corte di Appello di Bari) in southern Italy delivered a ruling legally recognising three parents for a four-year-old.  This case, serving as a [...]

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte remain in custody in The Hague. The judges found that “there is a real and substantial risk” that Duterte could “abscond or obstruct justice.” In making their decision, the chamber summarized the Pre-Trial Chamber I Decision on the [...]

A group of top human rights organizations issued a joint public letter on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated EU/China conference, urging the Members of the European Parliament to put human rights at the centre of attention. The letter calls on the European Union to stop prioritizing business interests over human rights, declaring that Europe’s [...]

A Dutch privacy advocacy group filed a class-action lawsuit against US-based tech company AppLovin on Thursday, alleging the company unlawfully collected and traded the personal data of millions of Dutch users, including an estimated 1.5 million children, through hidden tracking software embedded in popular mobile applications. Amnesty International Netherlands backed the legal challenge. The lawsuit, [...]

The Federal Court of Australia fined X (formerly Twitter) around $465,000 USD in a decision on Thursday. The fine stems from the company’s failure to disclose information to Australia’s online safety watchdog regarding the steps it had taken to prevent child exploitation on the site. X has also been ordered to pay the $71,000 court [...]

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted a resolution that reinforces member states’ duties to protect the global climate system by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The resolution calls upon states to comply with the obligations set out by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), creating legal backing to the non-binding advisory opinion issued by [...]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Thursday that the government will ask voters in a fall referendum whether the province should remain in Canada. The announcement comes after a provincial court quashed a citizen-initiated independence petition over concerns that First Nations were not properly consulted. The scheduled October provincial referendum will ask Albertan voters if they [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters Wednesday to 12 websites that offer so-called “nudify” tools, saying they have failed to comply with a federal law requiring platforms to remove non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours of a valid request. The letters, addressed to companies the FTC did not publicly name, allege the [...]