The UK Thursday announced new sanctions on 14 Russian entities and individuals, targeting Russian propagandists and state media who continue to further Russia President Vladimir Putin’s disinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the UK and its allies have continually expanded their sanctions campaigns against Russia. These sanctions [...]
New Hampshire voters supported by the National Redistricting Foundation (NRF) Thursday filed a complaint asking the Hillsborough County Superior Court to step in to draw updated congressional districts for the state based on population changes. According to the complaint, in August 2021 the US Census Bureau delivered to New Hampshire its redistricting data generated from [...]
The US Department of the Treasury Thursday announced new sanctions on Russia’s technology sector to “prevent it from evading unprecedented multilateral sanctions and procure critical western technology.” The Treasury also designated the Russian government as “malicious cyber actors” and imposed sanctions on three new sectors. The new technology sanctions identify 21 entities, including Russia’s largest [...]
The UK government Wednesday announced that two of its Supreme Court judges will no longer sit on Hong Kong’s top court, citing a China-imposed national security law that cracks down on dissent. In June 2020, China introduced a national security law after months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The law has drawn widespread criticism [...]
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Wednesday said that Russia may have committed war crimes through its “indiscriminate attacks” on civilians and hospitals. These are Bachelet’s strongest words yet on the conflict and come shortly after the UN appointed human rights experts to probe possible war crimes in Ukraine. In her address to the [...]
The Louisiana legislature Wednesday voted to override Governor John Bel Edwards’s 2021 veto of a congressional redistricting bill. In response, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LFD), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Louisiana, and law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison filed a lawsuit. This was the first time in 31 years [...]
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.” – US President Joe Biden, March 26, 2022 Though rarely recognized, international law is part of the law of the United States. It follows, among other things, that if the American president’s recent call for Vladimir Putin’s departure was consistent with the law of nations, it [...]
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. Belarusian human rights defenders published a manifesto [...]
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, a case that could make pursuing legal action against an employer harder for workers who have signed arbitration agreements as a condition of their employment. An employee of Viking River Cruises sued the company in state court under the California Private Attorneys General [...]
The Institute of Digital Archaeology (IDA) stated Tuesday that it is planning to file an injunction against the British Museum to require the museum to allow a 3D-scanning project of the infamous Parthenon Marbles to continue. In 447-438 BC, the Parthenon Marbles were constructed for the Greek Parthenon temple by Phidas and his assistants in [...]
