Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by the military junta government. The reopening of the legislature has raised important legal questions regarding the constitutional framework of governance, the legality of the elections held under [...]
Ecuador has failed to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples from oil facilities in Yasuní National Park, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. José Rodríguez Orúe, Kenneth Roth practitioner-in-residence at HRW, called for the immediate halt to drilling activities in the [...]
At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green energy. Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, reiterated accessible and stable aspects of renewable [...]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday raised concerns that the El Salvadorian government is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the US a year ago. HRW reported that between mid-March and mid-October 2025, 11 Salvadoran men deported from the US were immediately held without contact from relatives or lawyers. Interviews with 20 relatives and attorneys [...]
The Toronto Al-Quds Day rally proceeded as planned on Saturday after the Ontario Superior Court rejected the Ontario attorney general’s request for an injunction against it. In his ruling, Judge Robert Centa held that: The right to assemble and speak freely must be maintained in times of global conflict. Perhaps at no other time is the [...]
A UN special rapporteur on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to increase human rights safeguards in junta-controlled Myanmar, contending that the cost of international inaction is a death sentence for millions. Rapporteur Tom Andrews spoke on continued disruptions to the international order and their repercussions, particularly when addressing human rights concerns in [...]
JURIST, the law student-powered international legal news organization, continues its 30th Anniversary celebration throughout 2026 with a special webinar series focused on the rule of law, human rights, and international justice. The second webinar in the series will feature Justice Richard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and former Chief [...]
South Korean lawmakers passed the Special Act on Investment in the United States on Thursday, pledging an investment of USD 350 billion (roughly 517 trillion won). Previously, President Donald Trump urged the Korean Legislature to enact the “Historic Trade Agreement” in a Truth Social post, in which he also threatened to reinstate South Korean “reciprocal” [...]
UN experts on Friday raised the alarm after Israel issued an evacuation warning for more than 100 villages in Southern Lebanon and parts of Beirut. More than 700,000 people, including 200,000 children, have been forced to flee their homes under the threat of Israeli bombardment. The experts warned that forced displacement may amount to crimes [...]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said Thursday that he is “appalled” by a surge in drone attacks on civilians in Sudan. More than 200 civilians are reported killed since March 4 in strikes across the Kordofan region and White Nile state. According to the UN human rights office, the recent [...]
.jpg){kind=link}