From defending detainees held at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba—many of whom were subjected to secret detention and torture by US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials—to confronting American politicians over drone strikes that killed civilians in Pakistan, Alka Pradhan has built her career challenging the legal framework created after former US President [...]
On July 29, 1999, Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a distinguished Sri Lankan Tamil constitutional lawyer, academic, and parliamentarian, was assassinated by the Tamil separatist rebel group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). His killing was in retaliation for his efforts to resolve Sri Lanka’s decades-long ethnic conflict through democratic, power-sharing constitutional reforms within a united [...]
As the executive branch continues to test the boundaries of its authority with increasing brazenness, a growing number of federal judges have responded with remarkable clarity and courage. Their opinions reflect not only legal reasoning, but deep conviction in the constitutional principles they are sworn to uphold. This evolving collection of judicial statements documents how [...]
Two years into Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are dead, and the rest of the population is facing increasingly dire humanitarian circumstances. Food scarcity experts at the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Tuesday said “the worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza [...]
In a shocking discovery that has sent ripples across the international community, ongoing excavations at a mass grave site in Chemmani, in northern Sri Lanka, have uncovered more than 100 skeletal remains, including those of children and infants. The grim findings at Chemmani have reignited global attention on one of the world’s most severe cases [...]
Gaza is suffering “man-made mass starvation” caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World-Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said, as more than 100 humanitarian agencies urged Israel to allow supplies in to alleviate the crisis. In the face of this catastrophe, Canada must urgently deploy peacekeeping forces to [...]
On July 23, the Hong Kong Legislative Council established a bill committee on the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau Eric Tsang Kwok-wai submitted to the legislature that the government is dedicated to respecting the judiciary and fulfilling its Bill of Rights obligations. At the same time, Tsang also [...]
Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have chronicled the realities faced by women who, after some 20 years of increased freedom and opportunity, have been relegated to veritable house arrest under the oppressive regime. Through a series of interviews with women from across Afghan society, JURIST aims to give these [...]
Edited by: Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Earlier this month, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz proposed relocating Gaza’s population to designated camps in the southern part of the Strip—an initiative that has drawn international criticism and raised legal concerns over potential violations of international law. Leaked documents and government briefings appear to outline a [...]
Ahead of the Speak Up for Justice panel, JURIST Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas spoke with Judge Eleazar Javier Saldivia, a former Venezuelan Supreme Court judge now living in exile, about the meaning of upholding the rule of law in a time marked by political repression, disinformation, and fear. He shared his firsthand experience of [...]
