Jurist
DONATE NOW
  • News ▾
    • All Legal News
    • US Legal News
    • World Legal News
    • This Day @ Law
  • Dispatches ▾
    • All Dispatches
    • Afghanistan
    • Canada
    • EU
    • Ghana
    • India
    • Iran
    • Israel
    • Italy
    • Kazakhstan
    • Kenya
    • Myanmar
    • Pakistan
    • Peru
    • Romania
    • Sri Lanka
    • Taiwan
    • UK
    • Ukraine
    • US
  • Commentary ▾
    • All Commentary
    • Faculty Commentary
    • Professional Commentary
    • Student Commentary
  • Features ▾
    • All Features
    • Explainers
    • Long Reads
    • Multimedia
    • Interviews
  • Topics
  • Rule of Law ▾
    • Materials
    • Podcasts
  • About ▾
    • FAQ
    • Staff
    • Awards
    • Apply
    • Journalist in Residence
    • Board of Directors
    • Contact Us
  • Donate ▾
    • Why Support JURIST?
    • Donate
    • Honor Roll
News Argentina ex-president’s assets frozen
Argentina ex-president’s assets frozen
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
July 8, 2016 08:21:13 am

A federal judge in Buenos Aires froze the assets of former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wednesday. The action comes in association with the charge against de Kirchner for fraudulently manipulating the economy during her...

READ MORE ▸
News DOJ to investigate Baton Rouge police killing of black man
DOJ to investigate Baton Rouge police killing of black man
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 7, 2016 03:02:00 pm

The US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Louisiana on Wednesday announced an investigation into the recent police killing of a black man, Alton Sterling, which was recorded on video. Sterling was shot and killed...

READ MORE ▸
News US sanctions North Korea leader for human rights violations
US sanctions North Korea leader for human rights violations
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 7, 2016 09:28:33 am

The Obama administration imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, taking the unusual step of placing the country's leader Kim Jong Un and 10 other officials on a blacklist for human rights abusers. The sanctions would bar...

READ MORE ▸
News UK entry into Iraq War not justified: report
UK entry into Iraq War not justified: report
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 7, 2016 08:35:46 am

The findings of the seven-year inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot , into Britain's role in the invasion of Iraq were delivered on Wednesday in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony...

READ MORE ▸
News UK lawyers to challenge EU referendum
UK lawyers to challenge EU referendum
Justin Cosgrove
July 6, 2016 11:06:02 am

Britain's leading public-interest law firm as well as several experience litigators are drafting a legal challenge to the EU referendum . The hope is to stop Britain's exit from the EU, or, at the very least, create a parliamentary...

READ MORE ▸
News FBI will not recommend Hillary Clinton be charged in e-mail scandal
FBI will not recommend Hillary Clinton be charged in e-mail scandal
Justin Cosgrove
July 6, 2016 10:04:21 am

FBI Director James Comey announced Tuesday that he is not recommending that the Department of Justice bring criminal charges against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Comey stated that while Clinton was...

READ MORE ▸
News Amnesty: opposition forces committing war crimes in Syria
Amnesty: opposition forces committing war crimes in Syria
Brittany Felder
July 6, 2016 09:56:11 am

Armed opposition groups are committing war crimes in Syria, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. While the report acknowledges that many violations of international human rights law have been committed by...

READ MORE ▸
News UN rights chief condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
UN rights chief condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
Brittany Felder
July 6, 2016 08:27:43 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Stating that "the sheer unrestrained viciousness of these people defies belief," Zeid spoke strongly...

READ MORE ▸
News UN rights chief warns of deteriorating conditions in CAR
UN rights chief warns of deteriorating conditions in CAR
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 5, 2016 12:29:56 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned Monday of the deteriorating human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) . "While 2016 began on a positive note, with the successful...

READ MORE ▸
News China sentences former president’s top aide to life for corruption
China sentences former president’s top aide to life for corruption
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
July 4, 2016 03:55:19 pm

The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin near Beijing jailed Ling Jihua, a top aide to former China president Hu Jintao , and sentenced him to life after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state...

READ MORE ▸
  1. Newest
  2. Newer
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. 14
  7. 15
  8. Older
Law students to join jurist
GET OUR DAILY DIGEST
LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook RSS Twitter
Latest COMMENTARY
Seven US Executions in One Month Shadow the Anniversary of Kristallnacht

Seven US Executions in One Month Shadow the Anniversary of Kristallnacht

by Michael J. Zoosman | L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty | CA
Islamic Law Has Its Own Case Against Internet Shutdowns

Islamic Law Has Its Own Case Against Internet Shutdowns

by AmirAli Maleki | JURIST Deputy Managing Editor for Global Commentary | IR
Latest FEATURES
What Does the Constitution Owe a Prisoner When an Execution Goes Wrong?

What Does the Constitution Owe a Prisoner When an Execution Goes Wrong?

‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

‘Accountability Is Deferred Rather Than Delivered’ — Conflict Resolution Scholar Johannes Langer on Mediation, Amnesty, and the Limits of the ICC

THIS DAY @ LAW

Mayflower Compact signed

On November 11, 1620, 41 Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, creating a civil government for Plymouth Colony.

Armistice signed, ending WWI

On November 11, 1918 at 11:00 AM, the Allied Powers signed an armistice with Germany, ending World War I. Armistice Day is marked every year in Europe on the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" with two minutes of silence.

Indictments announced in Lockerbie bombing

On November 11, 1991, prosecutors from the United States and the United Kingdom announced their indictments in the bombing of a passenger airplane over Lockerbie, Scotland. A Scottish court convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, allegedly a former Libyan intelligence official, of the 270 murders in 2001. Read documents from the Lockerbie bombing trial.

Jurist
Home Attributions Disclaimer Privacy Policy Contact Us
Copyright © 2026, JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc.
JURISTnews is a collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh