The United Nations (UN) on Sunday called for for changes to the ways in which the agriculture industry produces food due to climate change. The message was part of the annual World Food Day commemoration where UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called on the world to recognized that changing global temperatures are impacting the supply [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Mark Johnson Roberts, Chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, responds that the new anti-discrimination ABA Model Rule is not an attack on free speech… On August 17, JURIST published a Professional Commentary from attorney Brad Abramson entitled, “American Bar Association Attacks Attorney Speech Rights” concerning [...]

A United Nations report released Friday documents high rates of rape and perpetrator impunity in Liberia. The report, released by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) , noted that rape was the “second-most commonly reported serious crime in Liberia” between January 2015 and [...]

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Friday dismissed a suit filed against gunmakers, including Remington Outdoor, by the families of some of the young children and adults killed at the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting . The complaint, alleged that the gunmakers continued selling semi-automatic rifles to the public, “disregarding the unreasonable risks [...]

The Florida Supreme Court on Friday held that a trial court may not impose the death penalty unless the jury’s recommended sentence of death is unanimous. This ruling comes after remand to the high court in Florida from the US Supreme Court , which held in January that Timothy Lee Hurst’s death penalty was unconstitutional [...]

JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses new gun laws enacted in Missouri and proposed in Pennsylvania and how they reflect an insatiable appetite for enacting pro-gun legislation even when gun rights are well secured under existing laws… While gun control remains a bitterly divisive issue, there [...]

President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a new bill creating the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, tasked with identifying and finding solutions to problems facing Native American youths. The bill, introduced by Senator Heidi Heitkamp , is intended to “figure out where the resources are going and how [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) expressed concern over the rising occurrence of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines in connection with the ongoing war on drugs encouraged by President Rodrigo Duterte . Duterte has continued to draw international criticism for promoting mass violence towards alleged drug dealers contrary to humanitarian standards. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda denounced [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) set new rules on Thursday establishing new liquidation risk management rules for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETF). The industry will now be required to establish programs that protect shareholders in the event that investors suddenly sell off their assets. The SEC proposes that the rules apply stricter [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement Thursday outlining plans to collect data on the use of force by police officers from across the nation. Attorney General Loretta Lynch described the project as focusing broadly on officer-civilian interactions, while encompassing use of force. The plan is guided by the Death in Custody Reporting [...]