The Trump administration prepared an application on Sunday asking the US Supreme Court to remove a lower court order blocking the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel. The request argued the order was “an unprecedented assault on the separation of powers that warrant immediate relief.” The administration based its argument on [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday that Israeli attacks against Lebanon have damaged significant infrastructure, preventing thousands of Lebanese from returning home. According to Lebanon researcher at HRW, Ramzi Kaiss, Israeli attacks since October 2023 have damaged both civilian households and public infrastructure necessary to ensure basic services. Kaiss said: “Even if their houses [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday that the European Union’s insufficient action regarding Rwanda’s support of the M23 rebels has exacerbated the violence and atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On February 13, the European Parliament adopted a resolution urging the EU to freeze direct budget support to Rwanda until it ceases backing [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicated a retreat from support of voting rights cases since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, according to a Votebeat report released Monday. The report notes that the US solicitor general, the government’s top litigator, asked the Supreme Court last month to allow the federal government to participate in oral [...]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released a summary on Monday of inter-state cases alleging that Russia has breached the European Convention on Human Rights in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. There are four cases related to the conflict that are ongoing, which include accusations of human rights abuses in relation to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, claims [...]

Daniel Kim, Tyler Li, Drew Meetze and Christine Yang are law students at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. They filed this joint dispatch for JURIST from Ottawa.  We attended the courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in Ottawa last Tuesday and Wednesday to hear oral arguments in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia. Cases [...]

Argentina’s political opposition on Saturday called for President Javier Milei to face an impeachment trial in the Chamber of Deputies over his promotion of a cryptocurrency which crashed shortly later. In a post on X, Milei had recommended a crypto coin named $LIBRA, which plummeted just a few hours later, prompting the president to delete [...]

UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ office issued a statement on Sunday welcoming the ongoing fulfillment of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, urging both parties to remain committed to its terms and emphasizing the importance of adhering to international humanitarian and human rights law. The statement came a day after the release of three Israeli hostages from Gaza [...]

Amnesty International condemned the Russian government on Sunday for its failure to answer questions about opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s death on the first anniversary of the anti-corruption activist’s demise. On February 16, 2024, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) reported that Nalvany lost consciousness in the yard of the penal colony where authorities had transferred [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday reported that the Iranian government is systematically targeting the Azeri ethnic minority through the imposition of “abusive” charges and severe prison sentences aimed at silencing dissent. The crackdown has intensified since October 2024, with at least two dozen Azeri activists imprisoned following unfair trials, according to HRW. These activists [...]