JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica George of St. John’s University discusses the need for a cause of action to remedy fraudulent voting processes … Equal opportunity initiatives will always remain a hotly contested issue that incites passionate political action – so much so that it even inspires wealthy businessmen to lead a political crusade against affirmative [...]

The Los Angeles Superior Court issued a verdict on Monday in favor of a consumer who allegedly developed ovarian cancer after using a drug manufacturer’s talc-based products. Defendant Johnson and Johnson currently faces about 4,800 claims regarding the company’s failure to warn consumers of cancer risks linked to such products. In the current case, the [...]

The UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) published a report on Tuesday urging the Iraqi government to ensure the rights of those individuals sexually victimized by Islamic State (IS) forces. According to the report, thousands of women and girls have been subjected to physical and mental abuses as result of sexual assault, abduction, slavery, displacement, [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Louis Rene Beres of Purdue University discusses President Trump’s potentially problematic access to and control over America’s nuclear arsenal, an issue relatively unaddressed amidst the constant discussion of Trump-related scandal… Strictly speaking, insanity is not a proper medical or psychiatric term, but rather a more-or-less acceptable legal description. Nonetheless, as a convenient [...]

Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated that Western laws led him to attempt to overthrow the country’s Communist government and that he helped fabricate tales of torture [...]

The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that Islam’s instant divorce law, which allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq” three times, was unconstitutional. The case was heard by five judges of the court and resulted in a vote of 3-2. The court found that the practice was gender discriminatory [...]

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a special report on Sunday detailing the human rights violations committed during attacks on the Mirza Olang village earlier this month. During the three-day event, Taliban and local Islamic State (IS) fighters reportedly killed at least 36 people in the predominantly Shi’ite Muslim village. Those killed included [...]

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced 10 individuals to death for plotting to bomb a rally held by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000. According to prosecutors, members of the Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami group planted two bombs at the rally’s college campus location just one day before Hasina was scheduled to arrive. The group’s former leader, [...]

Chile’s Constitutional Court on Monday approved legislation that would legalize abortion in certain circumstances. The bill, approved by the Chilean Congress earlier this month, would allow abortions in instances of rape, threat to the mother’s health, and fetal abnormality “incompatible with life.” President Michelle Bachelet had pledged to sign the bill into law, but conservative [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Md Tabish Eqbal of South Asia University discusses why India should reconsider its initial objections to ratifying the 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions… Like many other branches of international law, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) grew exponentially after World War II, with a view toward expanding the scope of the protection [...]