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 [...]
In the latest in a series of decrees, Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban have banned women from hearing other women’s voices. The Telegraph reported that the minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, Khalid Hanafi, said: “Even when an adult female prays and another female passes by, she must not pray loudly enough for [...]
As Americans cast their votes in a historically contentious and consequential presidential election, trust in the electoral process stands at an unnerving crossroads. Recent data from the World Justice Project (WJP) paints a sobering picture: the United States has fallen six places to rank 43rd globally in measurements of “lawful transition of power,” while polling [...]
With the 2024 presidential elections rapidly approaching, concerning trends in electoral confidence and rule of law have emerged across party lines in the US. The latest Rule of Law Index, released last week by the World Justice Project (WJP), shows the US dropping to 43rd globally in measurements of “lawful transition of power” — a [...]
