In a statement Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed “concerned the decisions that around the world have been undermining the integrity of the international refugee protection regime.” While he acknowledged that “ountries have the right, even the obligation, to responsibly manage their borders to avoid infiltration by members of terrorist organizations,” he stated that those [...]

Pakistani authorities on Monday placed militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest for his connection to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa . Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the infamous Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 . Though the US has set a $10 million reward for help with [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Joyce Lee Malcolm of George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School discusses the impact that a recent court opinion will have on Chicago residents and their Second Amendment rights… This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof…shall be the supreme Law of the Land; [...]

US President Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to continue to enforce the executive order instated by Barack Obama that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people working in federal institutions and contracts. A statement was issued by the White House to address growing concerns that Trump would reverse previous policy. “President Trump [...]

Mitzie Perez and the California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank refused to extend Perez and other similarly situated students loans solely because of their immigration status. Perez is a junior at the University of California, Riverside, and is one of many [...]

More than 1,700 residents of Flint, Michigan, on Monday filed a class action lawsuit against the US, claiming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has failed to respond to damage claims arising from the Flint water crisis. The claims total $722 million. The suit alleges that the EPA has failed to fulfill its responsibilities under [...]

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak on Tuesday said that the UK must take steps to control exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals for all citizens but particularly children: Air pollution plagues the UK. Children, women of reproductive age, the elderly and those of poor health are the [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday upheld an order that refugee students in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, be allowed to attend the public high school, even with limited English skills. The students had been placed by the school district in Phoenix Academy, which is an accelerated credit recovery high school. The refugees [...]

US and UK regulators fined Deutsche Bank a combined $630 million in connection with a Russian money laundering scheme. Clients illegally moved over $10 billion from Russia via shares that were bought and sold through Deutsche Bank’s offices in Moscow, London and New York, and regulators assert that bank officials repeatedly missed opportunities and to [...]

Austria’s ruling coalition announced Monday a plan to ban full-face coverings in public places, with a focus on Islamic veils. The proposal is part of a set of reforms created after extensive negotiations by the Social Democrats and People’s party . The ban is based on the Austrian commitment to an open society, where open [...]