The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously upheld a German court’s ruling allowing the preventative detention of a 28- year-old man. Daniel Ilnseher was convicted of strangling a woman to death in 1997. In 2008 he had served the 10-year sentence, as prescribed by law for juveniles, but was not released and [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order on President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order , which dictates that officials cannot bar valid immigrant visa-holders from entering the US. In the order, Judge André Birotte Jr. also prohibited officials from detaining or blocking [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University discusses the role of the Senate in the confirmation of executive nominees under the new administration… Controversies involving many of the persons nominated by President Trump to lead major executive agencies provide an important reminder of the Senate’s robust constitutional [...]

Phil Shiner, a disgraced human rights lawyer, is no longer allowed to practice law after being struck off Thursday after having 12 charges of misconduct proved against him. Shiner raised a myriad of allegations that British troops tortured and killed Iraqis during the Iraq War. An earlier investigation found Shiner had deliberately fabricated the claims. [...]

Sweden announced Thursday that it has agreed upon a new framework for its climate policy. The framework promises zero greenhouse emissions by 2045. Pending approval from parliament, the bill will go into effect in January 2018. Long-term goals and binding authority will work to ensure the measure will be productive. In an interview with the [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros for arresting Alexander Navalny multiple times between March 2012 and February 2014. The Court held that Russia repeatedly and unjustifiably violated Navalny’s right to freedom of peaceful assembly under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and [...]

The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled that it had the authority to adjudicate a dispute over a stretch of water in the Indian Ocean that is potentially laden with oil and gas. Somalia asked the ICJ to rule on the dispute in 2014 after negotiations with Kenya broke down over the [...]

UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the government of Iran to stop the execution of Hamid Ahmadi, a 17 year old with a death sentence stemming from Ahmadi fatally stabbing another Iranian youth. The office of the UN High Commisioner for Human Rights (OCHR) said the execution is scheduled to go forward on Saturday. [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist I. Nelson Rose of Whittier Law School discusses a recent Supreme Court opinion concerning sports betting in the United States… In a surprise move, the US Supreme Court blew a little life into the dying embers of state-authorized sports betting. New Jersey has been trying unsuccessfully for years to overcome a federal [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that the new US order on Syrian refugees “should be removed sooner rather than later.” Drawing a comparison to the US history on the “forefront of refugee protection,” Guterres said that the policy violates “our basic principles,” echoing the thoughts of human rights experts from the UN. However, the [...]