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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi brought attention to the humanitarian crisis ongoing in Lebanon before the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday. Grandi alleged violations of international law including mass destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes that has resulted in the deaths of civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure. Israel’s [...]

Gershon Baskin, a prominent Israeli peace negotiator who is currently conducting back-channel negotiations between Hamas and Israel to bring an end to the current offensive in Gaza, spoke to JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas about the complex obstacles preventing a ceasefire amid the conflict’s expansion into Lebanon and Iran, his unique [...]

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) recalled on Monday the need for further action to hold China accountable for grave rights violations in Xinjiang. The ISHR calls for the Chinese government to ensure timely implementation of the recommendations made by the the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in addition to [...]

The Rishon Le-Zion Magistrates’ Court in Israel on Sunday ruled that an unauthorized leak of military intelligence from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to the Prime Minister’s Office, which was then reportedly disclosed to foreign media, may have endangered national security and interfered with ongoing efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas [...]

In the wake of a bitterly divisive election campaign, American citizens officially go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5. This is the seventh US election that JURIST has covered since 2000, when for 36 days this university-based legal news non-profit, then not even five years old, chronicled the highs and lows of the recount [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Tuesday urging authorities in Burkina Faso to investigate following the August 24 attack on civilians by the armed group Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wa al-Muslimeen (JNIM). The attack, which occurred at a military trench digging site in the village of Barsalogho, left casualties of over 133 dead and 200 [...]

Amnesty International condemned Israel’s decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Tuesday, saying it criminalizes humanitarian aid and could worsen an already dire humanitarian situation. Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnès Callamard strongly opposed the newly approved law, which completely prohibits UNRWA from functioning [...]

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainee Affairs, a Palestinian prisoner rights organization, and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club reported in statements on Monday that Israeli prison staff had brutally assaulted Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian political leader and member of the Central Committee of Fatah. During a visit to Megiddo prison, Marwan Barghouti’s lawyer learned of the [...]

Israel’s parliament voted to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Monday. UNRWA is a body that has been crucial in delivering aid and services to millions of Palestinian refugees for nearly 80 years. The move carries potentially dire consequences for the Palestinian population living [...]

The UK Home Office denied Mandla Mandela’s visa to enter the UK on Friday, stating that his application had been rejected because of his stance on the Israel-Palestine war and alleged “support for Hamas.” Mandela, grandson of late anti-apartheid leader and former president Nelson Mandela, has been a speaker at many pro-Palestine events in the [...]