The Australia High Court Wednesday rejected a constitutional challenge to section 46(2) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act (AATA). Section 46(2) provides that the court “shall … do all things necessary to ensure that the matter is not disclosed to any person other than a member of the court as constituted for the purposes of the [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Iran are reporting for JURIST on protests and related developments in Iran since the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. One of our correspondents files this from Tehran. For security and privacy reasons, we are withholding her name.  Protests are still going on in Iran and protesters are still [...]

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken Tuesday announced additional sanctions against the Taliban in response to what the US perceives as repression of women and girls in Afghanistan through violence and restrictive policies. Citing Section 212(a)(3)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Blinken unveiled new restrictions on visas for current or former Taliban members, members [...]

JURIST’s Belarus correspondent, whose identity must remain anonymous, is a student in the International Law and European Union Law program at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. The correspondent left Belarus in September 2021. The text of this dispatch has been lightly edited to preserve the author’s voice. As a Belarusian, let me tell you [...]

Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Anna Balabina, a law student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.   Last week the Norweigan Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to human rights defenders from three countries – Ukraine, Belarus [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt. The court was asked to determine whether a supervisor who makes over $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime pay under 29 CFR § 541.604, despite an exemption in 29 CFR § 541.601 for highly-paid executives. Michael Hewitt worked for [...]

The European Commission (EC) Wednesday recommended Bosnia and Herzegovina be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union (EU). In a press release, the EC announced Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate status. The EC emphasized that the candidate status dictates that Bosnia and Herzegovina take steps towards reinforcing democracy, functionality of state institutions, rule of [...]

Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring, Rosfinmonitoring, Tuesday added US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to its list of “terrorist and extremist” organizations, Russian news agencies reported. The impact of Rosfinmonitoring’s designation reportedly means that Russian citizens and companies who buy ads from Facebook or Instagram could potentially [...]

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 a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin. As Europe prepares for what is set to be a cold winter concerns continue to [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion with the US Supreme Court requesting the court not intervene in the ongoing dispute over documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Florida, residence. In their motion, the DOJ argues that Trump is unable to demonstrate that he is irreparably harmed by a September 21 order [...]