JURIST Guest Columnist Allen Hammond of the Santa Clara Law School discusses a recent net neutrality ruling and what it means for the future of the internet… After three tries before the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has succeeded in applying net neutrality rules to Internet Service [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Andreas Kuersten, Law Clerk for the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF), discusses racial bias’ impact on black individuals, both in court and on the bench… The personification of justice is a blindfolded woman holding a scale and a sword. She cannot see an individual’s wealth, social stature, education, [...]

Former Serbian paramilitary commander Dragan Vasiljkovic, also known Daniel Sneddon, has pleaded not guilty to the charges of “war crimes” brought against him. The 61-year old Vasiljkovic will face a court in the port of Split in Croatia later this year. The charges levied against him include the torture and mass murder of Croats, including [...]

The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released declassified “28-pages” , detailing connections between Saudi Arabia and 9/11 hijackers. Whether “28-pages” should be released was a hotly debated matter, spanning years as victims’ families and lawmakers had pressed for the report to be released. Some calling for the release of the report believed that the US [...]

An 18-person UN human rights panel called on Kuwait Friday to amend its compulsory DNA testing law. The law, a counter-terrorism measure put in place by Kuwait’s parliament in 2015, facilitated a DNA database of citizens and residents of Kuwait, and imposes a one-year sentence to anyone who refuses to provide their DNA. The panel [...]

Thousands of children in Afghanistan are currently working in conditions hazardous to their health, according to a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to the report, many of these children work in jobs that could lead to illness, injury, or even death as a result of failure to enforce safety and [...]

According to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, 200,000 civilians stuck in three Syrian towns are in grave danger as attacking forces draw near. Opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo, following recent airstrikes over the past few months, have lost around 10,000 to 30,000 civilians, who have fled, leaving at least 150,000 civilians [...]

The Supreme Court of El Salvador on Wednesday struck down the amnesty law of 1993 , opening the way for prosecution of those associated with various war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country’s civil war. In a 4-1 decision the court held the law unconstitutional and stated the government was under obligation to [...]

Following Thursday’s attack in Nice, French President François Hollande has chosen to extend for three months the state of emergency, which had been set to expire on July 26. Stating that “t is the whole of France which is under threat from Islamic terrorism,” Hollande stepped back from his previous statements that it would be [...]

The Arizona affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging an Arizona law they claim will “prevent low-income women from obtaining healthcare from their provider of choice.” The groups are challenging HB 2599 , which would require medical providers to “segregate taxpayer dollars from abortions, including [...]