The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged states to dismantle law enforcement’s systematic racism against African peoples on Monday in a report entitled “Promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against excessive use of force and other human rights violations by law [...]

The citizenry of Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, has voted to partially legalize abortion in a referendum on Friday. The results revealed 62 percent of voters supported partially legalizing abortion. The legalization will occur when the Crimes (Amendment) Act 2019 comes into force to amend the Crimes Act 2011. This will take place within 28 [...]

The US Supreme Court declined Monday to review a decision that allowed a transgender student to use the bathroom that corresponded to his gender identity. Gloucester County School Board v. Grimm was originally filed in 2015 after Gavin Grimm, who was born as female but identifies as male, was denied the use of the boys’ [...]

The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that federal law does not grant Facebook immunity against lawsuits for users who use its platform to lure minors into sex trafficking. Three plaintiffs filed separate suits against Facebook alleging that they became victims of sex trafficking after meeting their abusers through Facebook or Instagram, which Facebook owns. In [...]

The Bar Council of India (BCI) amended its Rules on Saturday, making criticism or attack of Bar Council decisions by members misconduct, resulting in suspension or revocation of their license to practice law. The revised rules aim to maintain and enhance the “standards of professional conduct and etiquette for advocates.” Thus, they prohibit an advocate [...]

On Sunday, Turkish riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disrupt Istanbul’s annual pride parade after the Istanbul governor’s office refused to grant a permit for the parade. The police have also arrested dozens of marchers, including journalists who were covering the event. The attack from the police force comes after a period [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Abrief update from one of our Myanmar law students about the Military Council requiring private schools to meet in-person as COVID cases climb: Private schools have been instructed not to allow students to study online but to teach in-person at school. If you study online, you will not get the school attendance [...]

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin on Friday to 22.5 years for the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in April 2021. Prosecutors successfully argued that a harsher sentence needed to be handed down due [...]

President Joe Biden signed a bill Friday honoring the victims of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting and designating the nightclub as the National Pulse Memorial. In June 2016, a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 at the popular nightclub located in Orlando, Florida. The gunman used an AR-15-style rifle and a pistol. The mass [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday a new lawsuit against the state of Georgia, alleging the state’s new voting law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Georgia’s new voting law, passed in March 2021, restricts voting in a number of ways. The law makes it harder for individuals to receive an [...]