The Court of King’s Bench of Alberta ruled Friday that the proposed referendum to separate the province of Alberta from Canada contravenes the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982, and that citizens may not initiate the referendum under the provincial Citizen Initiative Act (CIA). Justice Colin Feasby clarified that the ruling does not forbid Alberta from holding [...]

The US Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide on the principle of birthright citizenship, which holds that all children born on US soil are American citizens. The principle of birthright citizenship is rooted in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and US President Donald Trump has called upon the court to [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday stated that armed groups in Colombia’s southern state of Putumayo have committed gross human rights violations against innocent civilians, with the abuses disproportionately affecting Indigenous communities. HRW Americas director Juanita Goebertus stated: “Armed groups in Putumayo are using the peace talks as an opportunity to tighten their control over [...]

The parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory of Denmark, narrowly voted on Wednesday to reform its decades-old abortion law, approving access to abortion “on request” up to the end of the twelfth week of pregnancy. The legislative change, passed by a razor-thin margin of 17 votes to 16, marks a historic shift for [...]

Editor’s note: This is Day 2 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1 here. On day two of the suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, in December 2024, prosecutors devoted the day to a single [...]

On November 5, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections Inc., two consolidated cases challenging President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs imposed on China, Mexico, Canada and other countries. The plaintiffs argue, and the lower courts agreed, that the president’s use of the International [...]

President Donald Trump pardoned Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, on Wednesday. The Cuellars were indicted for bribery last year, for allegedly accepting around $600,000 in bribes from foreign officials. In a Truth Social post, Trump accused the former Biden administration of having “weaponized the justice system against their political opponent.” He [...]

In recent years, several countries—including Croatia, Malta, and others—have recognized femicide as a distinct crime. The Italian government and parliament also took this step, acknowledging that killing a woman solely because of her gender is not just homicide, but a crime rooted in gender-based violence. These legislative shifts are historic because they name what was [...]

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a Libyan prison chief, appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, standing accused of six counts of war crimes and six counts of crimes against humanity. These charges ranged from February 2015 to early 2020, and concern his role at the Mitiga prison near Tripoli. The description of [...]

Human Rights Watch urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday to treat human rights as an integral part of France’s broader policy with China. Rather than treating them as distinct from economic and political priorities, the group says France should take concrete measures to uphold human rights in Sino-French relations. Macron is visiting China from [...]