Kenya marked the 16th anniversary of its 2010 Constitution on August 27 with a familiar ritual, now laced with unease. Sixteen years after Kenyans voted overwhelmingly to adopt a new constitutional order, the country split, once again, into two symbolic rooms. At the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, President William Ruto led the [...]

On August 24, 2026, the United States Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency request to put on hold a federal preliminary injunction blocking portions of President Trump’s executive directive concerning mail-in voting. In an unsigned per curiam opinion—Latin for “by the court”—the Court concluded that the states had not established the type of injury [...]

On July 29, the Malaysian government announced that around 5,000 Rohingya refugees will be repatriated to Myanmar, where they face an obvious risk of persecution or torture. The government later clarified that the refugees will not be repatriated if such risks are deemed to be real. But in June, a petition calling for the removal [...]

Romania’s last operational nuclear reactor was shut down on August 13 after record-low water levels in the Danube threatened the availability of coolant water at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant. The shutdown has left Romania temporarily without nuclear power generation and prompted the government to take emergency measures to maintain electricity supplies. Nuclearelectrica, the state-owned [...]

Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in India. The Supreme Court of India spent the last two weeks of July and the first week of August doing something it has done [...]

Rajiv Menon KC, a human rights barrister at the UK-based Garden Court Chambers specialising in human rights, civil liberties and criminal law, has been subjected to contempt of court proceedings for the contents of his closing speech while representing a Palestine Action protestor.  The summons hearing took place on the 28th of July 2026, and [...]

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 [...]

Pakistan-administered territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are witnessing one of their most serious episodes of political unrest in recent years, as protests led by Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have escalated into deadly confrontations with security forces, disrupting elections, transport, and public life across several districts. While AJK enjoys some level [...]

Mikaela Raiser is a law student at the Universidad de Lima, and a JURIST correspondent covering legal developments and social issues in Perú. ENGLISH On July 3, Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi was certified as the first elected female President of Perú by the National Electoral Jury (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE). She secured 50.135% of [...]

The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. As India’s student march enters its third consecutive day, the national capital of Delhi has been swarmed by thousands of “cockroaches.” The term is evocative, having been reclaimed by India’s younger generation in response to remarks made by Chief Justice [...]