UN human rights experts Monday issued a statement expressing deep concern about the reported repression, killings, arrests and disappearances of demonstrators in Peru. Experts are also concerned about reports of violence against media personnel covering the protests. They are also worried about peaceful demonstrators being labeled as terrorists because of the potential stigma and conceivable [...]

Washington DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson Monday sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris–in her capacity as president of the US Senate–stating that he is withdrawing a bill that would change DC’s criminal laws. Mendelson discussed the letter during a press conference Monday. Mendelson said, “It’s clear that Congress is intending to override that [...]

The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Monday opened with an announcement from UN Secretary-General António Guterres that “ender equality is still over 300 years away, while progress on women’s rights is ‘vanishing.'” Despite the fact that Guterres called the Commission on the Status of Women is one of the most important events in [...]

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear a Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, which asks the court to determine whether a choice of law clause in a maritime contract can be deemed unenforceable due to “strong public policy.” While this case looks at choice of law in maritime contracts [...]

West Virginia, Missouri and Florida Monday announced they will no longer participate as member states in the Election Registration Information Center (ERIC). ERIC was founded in 2012 as a bipartisan effort to “improv the accuracy of America’s voter rolls and increas access to voter registration for all eligible citizens.” West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is JURIST’s Chief European Correspondent and a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti [...]

Can access to justice be enhanced via the advent of generative AI such as the widely and wildly popular ChatGPT app? I get asked this pointed question quite frequently. The straightforward answer is that generative AI provides a mixed bag, namely that in some respects this type of AI will indeed enable greater access to [...]

Guided by the Rule of Law and good governance, Beijing will usher the world into a new era of stability and shared values, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday in press comments, during which he blasted Western morals while remaining silent on China’s own human rights record. “Global governance should be promoted in accordance [...]

The Philippines House of Representatives announced Monday that a resolution calling for a constitutional convention was passed by a majority of 301-6. Resolution of Both Houses No.6 provides for a constitutional convention where both appointed members and members elected by public polls will explore amendments to select economic provisions of the constitution. Speaker Ferdinand Romualdez, [...]

Amnesty International Monday urged the UN Human Rights Council to take action on the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan. The organisation is particularly concerned about targeted executions and arbitrary arrests of critics of the Taliban’s abusive regime. Amnesty International proposed the use of a fact-finding mechanism to investigate human rights violations carried out by [...]