JURIST’s Belarus correspondent, whose identity must remain anonymous, is a student in the International Law and European Union Law program at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. The correspondent left Belarus in September 2021. The text of this dispatch has been lightly edited to preserve the author’s voice. Belarusian human rights defenders published a manifesto [...]
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, a case that could make pursuing legal action against an employer harder for workers who have signed arbitration agreements as a condition of their employment. An employee of Viking River Cruises sued the company in state court under the California Private Attorneys General [...]
The Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) stated Tuesday that it is planning to file an injunction against the British Museum to require the museum to allow a 3D-scanning project of the infamous Parthenon Marbles to continue. In 447-438 BC, the Parthenon Marbles were constructed for the Greek Parthenon temple by Phidas and his assistants in [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday rejected Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska’s appeal to lift sanctions imposed on him by the US in 2018. The court found that officials had sufficient evidence to support their decision to impose sanctions. In 2018, the US sanctioned both Deripaska and another billionaire, Viktor [...]
Led by Florida Republican governor Ron DeSantis, twenty-one states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Center for Disease Control’s public transportation mask mandate. The current CDC order, in place since February of last year, requires those traveling on “conveyances” within the United States, including airplanes, trains, and buses, to wear a mask. It also requires [...]
The United Nations Wednesday named three human rights experts who will make up an independent panel tasked with probing possible war crimes in Ukraine. The panel is specifically looking at accusations of indiscriminate bombardment of civilians by Russia. The UN Human Rights Council agreed to establish the independent panel at the request of Ukraine, the [...]
A California judge has approved video game company Activision Blizzard’s settlement Tuesday with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission settling the federal lawsuit against the entertainment giant. Within the settlement, which was first announced in September, Activision Blizzard agreed to create an $18 million fund to compensate employees who experienced sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination. [...]
The Homicide Victims’ Families Rights Act, a bipartisan bill that gives families of homicide victims in federal cases more rights, passed the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday with a vote of 406-20 and is now headed to the Senate for consideration. Under the bill, immediate family members of a homicide victim in a federal case [...]
The Georgian Parliament Tuesday adopted the consumer rights protection law in the third reading of the bill which passed by 79 votes. The law provides the main principles that will be governing consumer protection, the extent of regulation, and applicable terms. It also outlines the basic rights and duties of buyers and sellers. The law [...]
The Singapore Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected an appeal against the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian national who was convicted of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine in 2009. Nagaenthran’s death penalty arises out of the Misuse of Drugs Act (MDA), which provides for the mandatory death penalty in cases involving over 15 grams [...]
