Ukraine Ambassador to the UN Yevheniia Filipenko called for an inquiry Monday into alleged war crimes perpetrated by Russia as its invasion of Ukraine unfolds. Filipenko said: “Russian forces’ attempt to sow panic among the population by specifically targeting kindergartens and orphanages, hospitals and mobile medical aid brigades thus committing acts that may amount to [...]

Russia’s media regulator, the Roskomnadzor, Sunday announced that it has written to the management of Google LLC demanding the removal of all restrictions imposed on Russian media’s YouTube channels in Ukrainian territory. The banned channels RBC, Zvezda and Sputnik have previously been criticised for disseminating false information and Russian propaganda. Google on Saturday cited “extraordinary [...]

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, Sunday announced that the EU would ban Russian state-owned news channels RT and Sputnik and their subsidiaries. In a statement announcing sanctions against Russia, von der Leyen said, “Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies [...]

The UN Security Council (UNSC) Sunday resolved by a procedural vote to convene a special emergency session of the 193-member UN General Assembly to consider action regarding Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The session will be held on Monday. Earlier on Friday, Russia vetoed the US-led draft UNSC resolution which sought to end the crisis in [...]

Ukraine instituted proceedings against Russia Saturday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Hague in light of Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine. According to Ukraine, the case concerns “a dispute . . . relating to the interpretation, application and fulfilment of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on house to house searches being conducted by Taliban authorities in Kabul and several provinces in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s [...]

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, Ukrainian lawyer and University of Pittsburgh LLM graduate Taras Shablii reports from Kyiv.   Humans are incredible and very adaptive, even to this new reality. It took me and my [...]

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, a law student from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University describes her flight from the city Thursday after the first news of the Russian invasion reached her. The text [...]

The European Center for Digital Rights (noyb) filed a complaint on Friday against a German payment platform for processing sensitive personal sexual and health information without customer consent, allegedly violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Giropay is an integrated payment processing service that many retailers use to process customer payment. A giropay customer [...]

The US House Committee on Oversight and Reform expanded its investigation Friday into former President Donald Trump’s removal, loss, and destruction of presidential records. Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney sent a letter to National Archivist David Ferriero requesting additional information relating to Trump’s handling of those records. In the letter, Maloney stated: The National Archives [...]