Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi. The Supreme Court of India laid down new guidelines Monday on the circumstances of DNA testing to ascertain the paternity of a child while adjudging a [...]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 108 aid organizations Friday requested $1.3 billion to assist 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees throughout 2023. Two-thirds of South Sudan has been submerged by persistent floods for four years, causing damage to tens of thousands of homes, farms and cattle. The money, requested in the South Sudan [...]
One year after the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow’s aggression continues. The International Criminal Court, various nations, and advocacy groups from around the globe are investigating a flurry of international crimes attributed to the Kremlin. The list of crimes committed by the armed forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine is staggering. Over time, the [...]
In its steadily escalating war on Palestinian terror, Israel has a law-based responsibility to limit harm to Arab populations and a concurrent responsibility not to bring war-related suffering to its own populations. To clarify these intersecting obligations, this essay will focus on pertinent legal issues of insurgency, counterterrorism, and humanitarian international law in the Middle [...]
In a special session, the UN General Assembly Thursday adopted a resolution urging “a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine.” The vote came only one day before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Though the vote was symbolic and non-binding, countries repeatedly emphasized their hope that the resolution would bring about an [...]
Facebook parent company Meta Thursday announced that it took down three state-linked “domestic influence operations” in the past quarter. Each operation used fake account networks to influence domestic politics and target opposition parties. Operations linked to ruling parties and governments in Cuba, Serbia and Bolivia were found by Meta investigators to be engaging in a [...]
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center on Extremism Wednesday released an annual report detailing the incidents and ideologies of extremist-related murders. According to the report, “Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2022,” while the total number of people killed by extremists decreased from 33 in 2021, it is the first time since 2012 that [...]
The US Supreme Court Wednesday ruled to allow the execution of convicted Florida murderer Donald Dillbeck after he filed last-minute request for a stay. The court denied the appeal just one day before Dillbeck’s execution in a brief decision without any recorded dissents. The Florida State Prison executed Dillbeck Thursday. In his appeal, Dillbeck argued [...]
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AAGO) Wednesday released several documents relating to investigations over alleged voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. The three reports, compiled in 2022, were held from public view by the previous republican-led state administration. Key allegations regarding voter fraud detrimental to former president Donald Trump are rejected by the investigations. [...]
A man from Texas was sentenced on Wednesday for charges related to an assassination threat he made against US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as to his participation in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Miller was sentenced to 38 months in prison on [...]
