The United Nations Thursday adopted a historical text defining the common values and principles needed to ensure the healthy development of artificial intelligence. The agreement was adopted at the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference, showing renewed cooperation on the ethics of artificial intelligence. The agreement called the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial [...]

Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Thursday confirmed that the U.S. formally requested that Colombia extradite accused Clan del Golfo leader and drug trafficker Dairo Antonio Usuga David, known as “Otoniel.” Duque added that extraditing the drug clan’s leader will pose a significant blow to the cartel’s structure. Duque stated that the request is currently progressing through Colombia’s [...]

Human Rights Watch released a report on Thursday stating that Russia should end discrimination against women in custody. This comes after the European Court on Human Rights ruled in the case of Tapayeva and Others v Russia, that Luisa Tapayeva, a Chechen woman, should be reunited with her four daughters who were taken from her [...]

The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) of Gambia Thursday delivered its report to President Adama Barrow. The report, while not indicting anyone specifically, recommends prosecutions for anyone who was associated with atrocities committed during Yahya Jammeh’s 22 years in the presidency. The report itself has not yet been released publicly. The report, which details systemic [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a lawyer in Kabul provides JURIST with a rough English translation of a new Taliban warning to human rights activists and civil society workers in Panjshir province, which has supported resistance to Taliban rule. For [...]

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Wednesday expanded authorizations for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to engage in certain transactions and activities in Syria. The department amended some of its sanctions against the country in an effort to allow continued humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people.  In July, OFAC imposed sanctions on [...]

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Wednesday to consider whether North Carolina Republican legislators can intervene in a case to defend the state’s voter ID law. Philip Berger, a state senator from North Carolina, along with a group of fellow Republican state legislators, petitioned the Supreme Court to consider whether they may intervene in, or [...]

The South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a state constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana is unconstitutional. In 2020, South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana for qualifying patients. They also passed a constitutional amendment, Amendment A, to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for individuals 21 years or older. Following the [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a lawyer in Kabul gives JURIST an exclusive eyewitness account of Tuesday’s invasion and takeover of the offices of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association by armed Taliban fighters. For privacy and security reasons, [...]

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 offers his observations on a new announcement by the Taliban Ministry of Justice concerning future departmental hiring. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. [...]