The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case involving a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming healthcare for minors. United States v. Skrmetti marks the Supreme Court’s first opportunity to address transgender rights under the Equal Protection Clause and comes in the wake of a rise in state laws regulating gender-affirming [...]
Nearly 60 years after the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X, his daughters have filed a sweeping $100 million lawsuit against the US government, New York City, and numerous former officials, alleging a complex conspiracy behind their father’s murder and its decades-long cover-up. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in the US District Court [...]
Edited by: James Joseph | Managing Editor for Long-Form Content In 2023, a woman was killed every ten minutes by a partner or family member, a UN report said. While figures like this may seem unfathomable, they reflect a world in which women are denied the most fundamental of human rights. United Nations statistics show [...]
The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) announced Monday that the trial date for Roger Lumbala has been set. The former Congolese warlord will stand trial in Paris from November 17 to December 19 2025. He has been accused of complicity in and conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, which allegedly took place during between 2002-2003. [...]
It started with a buzz — a sound so ordinary that Adrianna, a 14-year-old high school freshman, hardly gave it a second thought. But as she walked down the hallway, clutching her phone, she noticed the whispers and snickers from classmates. Something wasn’t right. When Adrianna opened the Instagram notification, her world fell apart. A [...]
Peter Russell was a leading Canadian scholar of constitutional law who taught at the University of Toronto from 1958 to 1997. Numerous Canadian Supreme Court judges have read and cited his work in their rulings. Professor Russell passed away on January 10, leaving behind an enormously rich academic legacy. Known for his openness, Peter Russell [...]
The Supreme Court of Ghana filed a judgment last week overturning a controversial decision by the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament to declare four seats vacant due to anticipated party changes in the next election. The court, in a 5-2 decision, declared the Speaker of Parliament’s October 17 vacancy pronouncements pursuant to Article 97(1)(g) and (h) of [...]
In this long read, a law student who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals analyses the tension between notification regimes for public assemblies and the right to peaceful assembly as a fundamental human right, underscored by landmark rulings such as Kudrevičius v Lithuania in the European Court of Human Rights and a 2023 [...]
The resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan in August 2021 cast a long shadow of oppression over the nation, disproportionately impacting women and the LGBTQ+ community. While the violence against women has garnered significant international attention, the plight of LGBTQ+ individuals remain largely obscured, a silent atrocity demanding urgent global intervention. A comprehensive report, drawing [...]
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 [...]
