The Supreme Court of India overturned the conviction of a woman sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her new born child Thursday, holding that a woman could not be compelled to reveal matters relating to her private reproductive choices. The case concerned an incident occurring in 2004, in the central Indian state [...]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report Thursday criticizing Peru’s response to anti-government protests that broke out in December 2022. Among the recommendations the office made, it called for reforms to “ensure the exercise of human rights in the context of demonstrations, continue accountability efforts, & enable [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research centre in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to [...]

Amnesty International published a report Wednesday, labeling the “disproportionate use of criminal law” as “one of the main threats facing the right to protest peacefully in defense of land, territory and environment in Mexico.” The report asserts that, rather than addressing the alarming rate at which climate activists are murdered in Mexico, the Mexican state [...]

The European General Court Wednesday dismissed a claim made by a group of Syrian refugees against Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, which attempted to hold Frontex accountable for forcibly transferring the refugees from Greece to Turkey even though they were in the process of applying for asylum. The claimants alleged that, by [...]

The Moscow City Court ruled Friday to liquidate the Public Commission for the Preservation of the Heritage of Academician Sakharov (Sakharov Center), a human rights organization,  for “systematic, gross and irremediable violations of the law,” according to Interfax. The administrative claim to liquidate the Sakharov Center was granted after an application from the Moscow Department [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk raised concerns on Friday about the Nigerien military junta’s decision to prosecute President Mohamed Bazoum and others working with him for high treason. Türk expressed worries for people in Niger, calling on the generals who seized power in July to immediately restore constitutional order and democracy. According to [...]

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kuwait this weekend called on their citizens to leave Lebanon amid conflicts in the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. On Friday, the embassy of Saudi Arabia warned its citizens “against being present and approaching the areas witnessing armed conflicts” and also implored its citizens “to quickly leave [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced the closure of the UN Human Rights office in Uganda on Thursday after the East African country decided not to renew an agreement that allowing the office to operate. Türk expressed his concern about the condition of human rights in Uganda ahead of the 2026 elections, and [...]

A report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday claimed that Zimbabwe authorities have failed to take the necessary steps to ensure that the country will meet international standards for a free and fair electoral process in the general election on August 23. The report is a result of an investigation spanning two weeks, [...]