The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported Wednesday that 47 people across Canada were arrested, 186 charges were laid for online sexual exploitation, and a dozen children were brought to safety as part of a long-running international operation led by New Zealand’s Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs (DIA). The operation is a coordination between [...]
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is increasingly being referred to as the ‘future of money,’ which is also evident from the fact that 87 countries representing 90% of the global GDP are currently exploring digital currencies. China was the first major economy to create its own digital currency in April 2021 and the Chinese Central [...]
The White House on Thursday announced damaging sanctions against some of Russia’s most prominent oligarchs, broadening its crackdown on the billionaires the White House accuses of enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “War of Choice,” according to a statement released Thursday. Among those subjected to full-blocking sanctions under the latest wave of sanctions is Alisher Usmanov, [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday announced that it would hold hearings on March 7 and 8 to determine whether to order “provisional measures” brought in a lawsuit by Ukraine against Russia. On February 26, Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia before the ICJ. Ukraine alleged that Russia falsely claimed that acts of genocide occurred in the [...]
The United Nations Human Rights Council announced Wednesday the appointment of the former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, to lead the investigation into abuses in Ethiopia. The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas, announced the appointment of three international experts to serve as the International Commission of Human Rights [...]
The United Nations Environment Assembly Wednesday approved a resolution to establish the first-ever global agreement on plastic pollution, along with a series of draft resolutions concerning biodiversity, health, the green economy, and circularity. Building off of prior resolutions aimed at tackling the “long-term elimination of plastic pollution,” the four-page resolution expresses the will of representatives from [...]
The House Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol said Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit fraud and obstruction by misleading Americans about the outcome of the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the result. According [...]
Russian forces, in an act of breathtaking barbarity, have invaded Ukraine, an independent, sovereign nation that has in recent years looked to the West for its inspiration and guidance. And with this military move, several deeply embedded international laws have been violated by Russia in what can only be described as a “criminal war of [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer Oleh Kornat reports. Ukraine goes on defending its territory against Russian troops. Russians attack our cities with rockets. Some of our cities are in the situation of [...]
France’s Court of Cassation Wednesday upheld a bar association’s ban on barristers wearing religious symbols alongside robes in courtrooms. In June 2019, the Lille Bar Council notified its members that they would be disallowed from wearing “decorations or signs” displaying “religious, philosophical, community or political affiliation or opinion” along with their robes. Sarah Asmeta, a trainee [...]
