The Superior Court of Ibagué Saturday ordered Colombian President Ivan Duque to be arrested, fined 15 minimum wages (approximately USD $3,900), and placed under house arrest for five for failure to comply with a previous court ruling to protect Los Nevados National Park. Specifically, the Colombian government has failed to comply with the creation of [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on developments and issues arising as the country defends itself against Russian invasion. This report is from JURIST Ukraine Bureau Chief Anna Tymoshenko, a law student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Recently, the all-Ukrainian state app “Diya” (literally – “Action”, which reflects the idea of “the [...]

Multiple police officers and protestors were injured in Armenia’s capital city Friday during protests over the Armenian government’s handling of the Nagorno-Karabakh border dispute with Azerbaijan. Thirty-four police officers and 16 protestors were hurt during the Yerevan demonstrations. The Armenian Ministry of Health confirmed that four people are still hospitalized for their injuries but all [...]

The US Department of Justice Friday announced the launch of Mexico’s judicial bench book for criminal hearings and trials. This bench book “is designed to increase judicial economy, decrease caseloads, and standardize judicial practices across Mexico.” Since 2018, Mexican law enforcement and military personnel have dealt with rising rates of crime-related violence in Mexico. The collaborators [...]

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Douglas H. Hurd Friday allowed a defamation claim against New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to proceed. Former New Jersey Department of Health Assistant Commissioner Christopher Neuwirth filed the defamation complaint, accusing Governor Murphy of spreading a false story that he was terminated for performing outside consulting work without approval. Neuwirth alleges he was actually [...]

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) judicial council Saturday said that its oil and gas law remains effective despite an Iraq Supreme Court ruling that found the law unconstitutional. The KRG, an autonomous government in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, enacted the Oil and Gas Law No. 22 (of 2007), enabling Kurdish authorities to develop and administer their [...]

The father of an Uvalde, Texas, school shooting victim and a school employee Friday took legal steps against Daniel Defense, an American arms manufacturer whose AR-15 style rifle was used in the Robb Elementary School shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The lawyers for Alfred Garza, father of Robb Elementary student Amerie Jo [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Friday announced the indictment of former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro by a federal grand jury. Navarro was indicted on two counts of contempt of Congress for his “failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the United States [...]

A Pennsylvania intermediate appellate court has ordered the state’s election officials to track US Senate primary race mail-in ballots without dated envelopes. The mail-in ballot counting lawsuit was filed by the campaign of David McCormick, asking Pennsylvania to count ballots even if they lacked the required handwritten date on the external envelope. McCormick and Dr. Mehmet [...]

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has released its 2021 Annual Report, revealing that Colombia only partially adopted necessary measures to prevent human rights violations by its security forces. The IACHR’s annual report “addresses the situation of human rights and presents relevant progress made in the Americas, along with pending challenges.” In order to maintain the rights to [...]