Mihai Coca-Constantinescu, who holds an International and European Law LLB from the University of Groningen and an International Trade and Investment Law LLM from the University of Amsterdam, is a PhD candidate in Transboundary Legal Studies at the University of Groningen, based in the Netherlands, where he covers legal developments in Romania as a JURIST [...]

On March 19, Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the High Court of Kenya delivered a landmark judgment affirming that mobile phone numbers form an integral part of an individual’s digital identity and are protected under the constitutional right to privacy. The decision arose from a petition filed by Erastus Ngura Odhiambo, an inmate who challenged the [...]

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the federal government’s practice of turning away asylum-seekers at ports of entry along the US–Mexico border. In Noem v. Al Otro Lado, the government contends that turning asylum-seekers away is within the bounds of federal law and is a critical tool for managing [...]

Two poets, Artyom Kamardin and Yegor Shtovba, remain imprisoned in Russia as of Friday, on charges related to their reading of anti-war poems. This has been an ongoing matter since December 2023, when a Moscow court sentenced Kamardin to seven years and Shtovba to five and a half years in prison. The court declared both [...]

Over 650 delegates, from over 33 countries and 120 organizations, arrived in Cuba on Saturday, bringing 20 tons of aid. The Nuestra América Convoy, named for the famous essay by Cuban nationalist José Marti, arrived in Havana to break the US embargo. Inspired by the Global Sumud Flotilla, which attempted to bring aid to Gaza [...]

The United Nations warned Thursday that children in Palestine are facing a mounting mental health emergency amid escalating violence, displacement, and personal loss, with over one million children in Gaza now in urgent need of mental and psychological or social support. The crisis is compounded by rising risks, such as a resurgence of child marriage, [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged authorities on Norway to release human rights defender Tommy Olsen and block his extradition to Greece. The rights organization warned that extraditing Tommy Olsen could expose him to serious violations and undermine Norway’s obligations to protect activists. On March 16, Olsen was arrested in his home in Tromsø, [...]

Belarus has freed 250 political prisoners following sanctions-relief negotiations with the United States, a move human rights organizations cautiously welcomed, while warning that true justice has yet to be served. President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the mass release on Thursday. The decision was the result of direct negotiations with the Trump administration, which agreed to lift [...]

Amnesty International on Friday said that FIFA’s refusal to take action against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) flouts international law. In October 2024 FIFA accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition to investigate alleged human rights violations and discrimination [...]

For years, the debate over school choice in Kentucky state has simmered beneath the surface. That tension came to a head again this month, as a familiar conflict between the governor’s office and the state legislature unfolded in real time, placing voters and federal incentives at the center of the dispute.  On March 13, Kentucky [...]