The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigration officers are not required to have clear and convincing evidence that a returning lawful permanent resident committed a crime involving moral turpitude before treating the resident as an applicant for admission rather than as someone already admitted to the United States. The 6-3 decision in Blanche v. [...]

In a January dispatch by JURIST, we noted that former Ghana Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pursuant to Ghana’s December 10 formal extradition request to the US Department of Justice for Ofori-Atta, who faces 78 counts of corruption and corruption-related offenses. However, on June 5, ICE’s removal proceedings against him were terminated after a [...]

Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee ‌Feldstein Soto announced on Sunday “a legal victory” for the city, stating that a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by US President Donald Trump’s administration over its sanctuary city ordinance. Feldstein Soto stated: “This order reinforces the well-established principle that local governments have the authority to decide how to use [...]

A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), issued a joint statement on Monday urging the government of Bangladesh to refrain from adopting the current version of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Bill, 2026, a draft law that replaces the National Human Rights Ordinance 2025. They recommended that authorities amend the [...]

Keir Starmer announced his resignation as UK prime minister on Monday, setting in motion a leadership transition within the Labour Party and positioning newly sworn-in Prime Minister Andy Burnham as the leading contender to become the UK’s next head of government. Starmer’s announcement brought an end to weeks of speculation surrounding his political future. Labour [...]

A US federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration unlawfully created a centralized voter database containing American citizens’ private information. The database at issue was created after President Trump issued Executive Order 14248. Pursuant to the order, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) altered the existing Systematic Alien Verification [...]

Mihai Coca-Constantinescu, who holds an International and European Law LLB from the University of Groningen and an International Trade and Investment Law LLM from the University of Amsterdam, is a PhD candidate in Transboundary Legal Studies at the University of Groningen, based in the Netherlands, where he covers legal developments in Romania as a JURIST [...]

The state of California filed a suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday over the federal government’s continued efforts to interfere with the state’s ability to enforce its own emission standards and anti-pollution regulations. Last week, the EPA submitted four preemption waivers, granted to California under the Clean Air Act, to Congress for [...]

Former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2024 declaration of martial law, according to local media.  The Seoul Central District Court found Park guilty of insurrection under Article 87 of the Statutes of the Republic of Korea, and [...]

Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as international assistance declines, five years into a conflict marked by serious human rights violations, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said in a report published Monday. The report found that reductions and suspensions in foreign funding are threatening the locally driven protection efforts that civil society organizations and local [...]