Pope Leo XIV denounced what he called the recent violations of international and humanitarian law occurring in Gaza and Ukraine, in a statement made in front of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches on Thursday. In the statement, Pope Leo XIV referenced the situations occurring in Ukraine, Gaza, and the Middle East, [...]

I recently returned to the US from Uzbekistan. This was my second visit to that Central Asian country, and I must say that as an Afghan, it was a bittersweet experience. Uzbekistan is a beautiful, peaceful place with a rich history and a modern, vibrant identity. As a Muslim-majority nation,  it feels both culturally familiar [...]

The US Supreme Court held on Thursday that states are permitted to prevent Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood. The case involved two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina that served both Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients. In 2018, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order banning public money for abortions, excluding Planned [...]

On Thursday, Amnesty International called upon the new regime in Syria to provide support to people who were detained and subjected to torture in its military prisons. Survivors of Syria’s detention system face severe mental and physical consequences due to the torture they experienced and lack adequate support. Bissan Faikh, a campaigner at Amnesty International, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday that the United Nations Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) should focus on promoting international tax cooperation to ensure the realization of human rights worldwide. The rights group contended that protecting human rights and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fair taxation system and urged [...]

A new report published by Amnesty International on Thursday revealed that crime groups in Cambodian labor camps regularly subject individuals to human trafficking, slavery and forced labor, emphasizing a need for immediate intervention in reaction to the government’s lacking response. The 240-page report, titled “I was someone else’s property,” recounted testimony from trafficking survivors. Amnesty [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday on the grave impact of humanitarian aid cutbacks on the education crisis in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps. The group urged the country’s interim government to lift restrictions on refugees and intergovernmental agencies to include Rohingya educators in the decision-making process. In early June, the decline in foreign humanitarian assistance [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the US District Court for the District of Maryland and all 15 of its judges Tuesday over an order issued last month that automatically blocks for two business days the deportation of migrants in the state who file a new lawsuit challenging their detention. According to the court, the [...]

A new report by the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls released Tuesday has warned that the disproportionate care burden on women is a barrier to their advancement in society. The report calls for care work to be recognized, reallocated and remunerated through public investment and structural reform. Though highly valuable, care [...]

Darina Boykova is a 2L at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Last week she attended the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on assignment for JURIST. This is the first part of a two-part report.  Last week in beautiful and sunny Kananaskis was distinguished by Canada’s hosting of the G7 Summit. Besides the leaders [...]