Azra Basic, a Croatian woman wanted for war crimes she allegedly committed against Serbs during the 1992-95 war, was extradited from the US to Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday. A report from the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH stated that Basic, 58, was transferred to Bosnian authorities at the Sarajevo airport. Basic is accused of killing one [...]

The US House of Representatives submitted a motion on Monday to request the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit delay any further action on the appeal of the district court ruling against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . In May a judge for the US District Court for [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Tuesday that the government would withdraw a controversial bill that may have allowed men to marry girls under 18 without being guilty of sexual assault. The bill would have dismissed sexual assault crimes in the presence of a marital relationship and absence of physical force. The government proposed the [...]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed HB 1538 , a bill that would criminally punish public officials that release information about police officers within 30 days of their causing death or serious harm. Wolf explained his veto: these situations … demand utmost transparency, otherwise a harmful mistrust will grow between police officers and the [...]

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he would issue a notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on his first day in office. Trump called the TPP a “potential disaster for our country” and said he will instead focus on negotiating “fair bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back [...]

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned the life sentences of former president Mohamed Morsi and 16 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi had been convicted for conspiring with the Palestinian Hamas and other foreign militant groups. The court ordered a retrial in the matter, though a new hearing date is yet to be [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled Monday that Republican redistricting in the state was unconstitutional gerrymandering. The court stated that Act 43 , enacted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 2011, directly influenced the the results of the 2012 and 2014 elections. According to the court, 12 Wisconsin [...]

A group of UN human rights experts expressed concern Monday over countries attempting to retroactively block a mandate of an independent expert to investigate sexual orientation and gender identity-based rights abuses. The resolution was approved by the member states of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in June. The challenge came from a bloc of African [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Jody H. Lehrer, of Northeastern Institute of Cannabis , discusses the national movement towards the legalization of cannabis… With increasing frequency states are enacting laws, either through legislators or through voter initiatives, that are chipping away at long standing prohibitionary policies against cannabis possession that still exist undisturbed at the federal level. [...]

A report released Monday by the Global Commission on Drug Policy recommends “no penalty whatsoever” for low-level possession and consumption drug offenses. The commission of 23, which includes former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, is headed by former president of Switzerland [...]