JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Carasik of Western New England University School of Law says that, as chief justice of the Criminal Chamber of Guatemala’s Supreme Court, Cesar Barrientos has played a critical role in rebuilding the nation’s democratic institutions by upholding the rule of law and protecting human rights…

JURIST Guest Columnist Jennifer Levi, Transgender Rights Project Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, says that constitutional protections must be consistently upheld by our courts regardless of how marginalized or unpopular the person to whom they apply may be…

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday opened the trial of Goran Hadzic , the last suspect to be tried by the court. Hadzic, one 161 people tried by the ICTY, is accused of committing crimes against humanity and violating the law and customs of war in contravention of articles 5 [...]

A tax evasion hearing for former Ukraine prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was delayed Monday again due to Tymoshenko’s health. Tymoshenko’s lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, requested the trial be postponed before court and reported that the court ignored his motion: “This was the latest farce in court. Everyone saw that the judge refused to consider the motion [...]

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted review of Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. , the first case of the term where they will consider one of the states’ new voting laws . Arizona’s 2004 Proposition 200 , in part, requires citizens to show “proof of citizenship” in addition to photo identification, [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Anna Dwyer, St. John’s University School of Law Class of 2013, is the author of the seventh article in a 15-part series from the staffers of the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development. She argues that the Florida state courts have misinterpreted a statute which affects public employees and undermined the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called on Tunisian authorities to investigate a series of attacks by religious extremists over the last 10 months and to bring to justice those responsible. Of the artists, intellectuals and political activists attacked, six filed formal complaints with police and identified their attackers. However, HRW contends that police have [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged Bahrain’s court of appeals to overturn the conviction of human right advocate Nabeel Rajab . Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BHCR) , was arrested in June and sentenced to three years in prison on charges of participating in illegal activities and inciting marches through [...]

Ohio officials on Saturday urged the US Supreme Court to approve its request for an emergency stay of an injunction against the state’s new early voting regulation. The brief was filed after US President Barack Obama’s campaign staff and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a brief Friday calling on the Supreme Court to reject [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a lawsuit against Morgan Stanley over allegedly discriminatory practices leading up to the housing crisis of 2008. According to the ACLU, between 2004 and 2007 Morgan Stanley and its affiliates, including New Century Mortgage Company, violated the Fair Housing Act , Equal Credit Opportunity Act and [...]