As I’m sure you’re aware by now, we’re nearing the end of our Spring 2013 Fundraising Drive. Although we’ve only got 3 and half days left, we’re still well short of our goal. So, if you can afford as little as $10 to support JURIST’s mission to document law and empower people, we would greatly [...]

Russia, pursuant to its attempt to crack down on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) within its borders, on Wednesday raided the Moscow headquarters of Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Transparency International . The most recent seizure came two days after the government raided the local office of Amnesty International (AI) . The raids are based on the [...]

Judge Katherine Forrest of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a pension plan against JPMorgan Chase (JPM) . The lawsuit alleges that JPM engaged in risky business practices in investing in Lehman Brothers in a way that violated securities [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Leonard, the Henkel Family Chair in International Affairs at Shenandoah University, argues that the ongoing pursuit of justice 19 years after the Rwandan genocide is a positive step for international criminal justice that should be praised, not dismissed… Around this time 19 years ago, two crucial events occurred in the tiny [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Millbrook v. US that the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and exceptions to it, waive the immunity of prison guards who commit intentional torts that are within the scope of their authority. The text of 28 USC § 2680 lists exceptions for which the FTCA will not [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Serge Diaz, University of Edinburgh School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the effects of a recent ruling by the UK Court of Appeal on UK criminal record disclosures laws… On January 29, 2013, the UK Court of Appeal handed down a disappointing judgment for the UK government in the case of [...]

Bahrain lawyer Jassim Sarhan confirmed Tuesday that 13 pro-democracy activists were sentenced to 10 years in jail. The sentences arise from attacks by the activists on police officers during recent protests. The activists are among dozens convicted of playing a role in the uprising. This sentence comes in the middle of a hunger strike commenced [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in Comcast v. Behrend that judges can reach the merits of an underlying claim in determining whether to certify a class under Rule 23(b) . In doing so, the court reversed the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit which refused to decide the plaintiffs’ class status based [...]

Judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday sentenced two former Bosnian Serb police officers each to 22 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war that spanned from 1992-95. Former interior minister, Mico Stanisic, and Stojan Zupljanin , his subordinate, faced charges of persecution, [...]

Displaced people in Somalia face the risk of physical abuse and rape, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Wednesday. HRW noted that the threat of beatings and rape from internal security forces was significant and called for the practices to end. According to HRW, “Instead of finding a safe haven from fighting [...]