The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group announced Saturday that Russia has again used its “proxy ‘Donbas republics'” to violate international law by staging the trials and sentences of three Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Investigative Committee of Russia has accused human rights defender and journalist Maksym Butkeyych of attempted murder and has claimed that Butkeyych shelled [...]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron Friday agreed on a multi-million pound package of measures to stop migration across the Channel which will see a new detention centre established in France as well as the deployment of more French personnel and enhanced technology to patrol beaches in a shared effort to drive down illegal [...]

The UK government Tuesday unveiled its Illegal Migration Bill, which would require the deportation of anyone who illegally entered the UK and passed through a safe country. If passed, the home secretary will have the power to enforce the legislation. The bill comes under the scope of one of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “5 [...]

James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST.  Over the last 18 months Emma Lilley and I have been campaigning for The Law Society to diversify their admissions ceremonies and hold them regionally, allowing more people to attend their special day of being admitted to the role of solicitor, which in layman’s terms is their [...]

UN member states Saturday agreed to a legally-binding high seas treaty after nearly 20 years of talks. The high seas treaty aims to protect 30 percent of seas by 2030 (a target known as “30 by 30”). At present very little of the high seas are subject to any protection with pollution and overfishing posing a [...]

US Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the seven-member Joint Investigative Team (JIT) investigating Russian war crimes during a surprise visit to Ukraine Garland said he had made the trip on the invitation of Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin to join international partners at the United for Justice Conference. [...]

James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. On May 2, 2023, Irish criminal barristers plan to go on strike in response to the crisis in funding for Irish criminal legal aid. The barristers are protesting the failure of the Irish government to comply with Ireland’s “Rule of Law obligations” by downing tools in what [...]

James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. A deal has been reached in the long-running deadlock between the UK and the EU over trade going across the border in Northern Ireland (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (EU). Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen announced in a statement [...]

James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. The Government introduced a new Holocaust Memorial Bill to Parliament last week on February 23rd. The bill, called the Holocaust Memorial Act 2023, was launched under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the Bill would update [...]

The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission Wednesday rejected 23-year-old Shamima Begum’s appeal against the government’s 2019 revocation of her British citizenship. The East London native was only 15 when she traveled to Syria to align with ISIL and marry an ISIL fighter. Begum had her British citizenship stripped under Section 40 of the British Nationality [...]