The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Army reservist can sue Texas for improper treatment under the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The court held that Congress may exercise its power under Article I of the US Constitution to authorize private damages suits against non-consenting states. This case concerns [...]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday found Spain violated European privacy rights by publishing the names and photos of judges who supported Catalan independence. The ECHR found Spain guilty under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 8 protects individual privacy. According to the judgment, Spain violated Article 8 [...]
France’s Special Court of Assizes Wednesday found 19 men guilty on various terrorism-related charges for their involvement in the November 2015 Paris Attacks, when members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) attacked various locations in Paris, including the Stade de France concert hall, killing 130 civilians and seven attackers. The attacks [...]
Juan Francisco D’Luna Bilbao and Juan Claudio D’Luna-Mendez were charged by US authorities Tuesday after 51 migrants were found dead in a semi-truck in San Antonio, Texas, in what is believed to have been the deadliest human trafficking incident in U.S. history. The San Antonio police department discovered a semi-truck transporting some 100 migrants across the [...]
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Wednesday released the revised version of the Istanbul Protocol at the Geneva Academy. The revised version strengthens the effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill-treatment and seeks to fortify the implementation of international principles and preventive tools to assist torture survivors. The revision also incorporated [...]
The Supreme Administrative Court of Poland Tuesday dismissed the appeals of four municipalities whose LGBT-free resolutions were annulled by lower courts, marking a victory for LGBTIQ+ rights in a country where they are often discriminated against. In 2020, the Polish Human Rights Ombudsman filed nine lawsuits against the government over the municipalities instituting so-called ‘LGBT-free’ [...]
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that the state of Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native Americans who commit crimes against Native Americans on tribal territory. This decision clarifies the 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling, which held that part of eastern Oklahoma was still a Creek reservation and that the state could not prosecute crimes committed by [...]
The Constitutional Court of South Africa Tuesday unanimously ruled that the Marriage Act 25 of 1961 and the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 were unconstitutional for their exclusion of marriages under Sharia law. Women’s Legal Centre Trust v. The President and Others concerned a challenge to the constitutionality of the two acts, alleging inconsistency with sections 9 [...]
Indian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting their country. This dispatch is from Vedika Kakar, a fourth-year law student at Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat. Last wek India’s Air Force began ushering in new members under a controversial recruitment program that aims to [...]
Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Mariia Lazareva, a student with the International Relations Department of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. It’s been more than four months since the Russian Federation began its unprovoked and unjustified invasion [...]
