The arguments made by the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry for limited regulation and rapid deployment of self-driving car technology bear a striking resemblance to the discussion about the US regulatory response to Covid-19 vaccines. Both appeal to exigent circumstances as a reason for rapid action to save lives, even if that means throwing some precautions [...]
The World Trade Organization’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) granted China’s request on Monday to establish a panel to determine its compliance with agricultural import quotas, called Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs). In a press release, the DSB stated that WTO members agreed to establish the panel after China’s first request was blocked. China requested these panels [...]
The Third Criminal Senate of Germany’s Federal Court of Justice on Monday made public its decision to reject a Free Syrian Army member’s appeal against his conviction for war crimes, attempted homicide, torture, and membership of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Stuttgart Higher Regional Court sentenced Fares A.B. to 12 years in [...]
Introduction On 7 July 2021, the Law Commission of Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, released a draft bill on population control. The Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilisation and Welfare) Bill, 2021, pursuant to the 2022 elections in the state, is purported to be a draconian draft to control the population of the State. [...]
The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal (ABHRT) dismissed complaints earlier this month from two men, Peter Szeles and James Beaudin, who refused to wear protective masks inside two separate businesses. The decision was made public on Monday. Szeles and Beaudin argued that their respective disabilities prevented them from wearing masks and that the businesses’ health and safety [...]
Panama legalized medical marijuana use on Monday, joining at least seven other Latin American countries. After a five-year struggle, Panama’s national assembly unanimously passed Bill 153 during the bill’s third debate. Some members of the assembly shared that they were swayed by the initiative’s motto, “for a day without pain.” National Assembly President Crispiano Adames, [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, a lawyer in Kabul offers his latest observations and perspective on the country’s current economic predicament. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name and institutional [...]
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the Russian authorities’ investigation into the circumstances of the death of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova was insufficient. Estemirova was abducted and murdered in July 2009 after having investigated various cases of “kidnappings, torture and extrajudicial killings in Chechnya.” She had publicly alleged and denounced various [...]
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. Here, an Afghan lawyer who recently evacuated to the United States offers his observations and perspective. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding his name. The text has [...]
The Karkardooma District Court in East Delhi Sunday stated that the investigation standard for the northeast Delhi communal riots in February 2020 was “very poor.” The riots followed violent protests in the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA). Judge Vinod Yadav made this statement during a hearing for Ashraf Ali, who was accused of [...]
