Six First Nations from northern Ontario announced during a press conference on Monday the initiation of a lawsuit challenging the province of Ontario’s Mining Act, arguing that the legislation infringes upon their treaty and equality rights as protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The central contention in the application is that the Ontario [...]
The US State Department announced Monday that it decided not to block aid to an Israeli military unit over human rights abuses, citing that it is satisfied with the measures Israel has taken since April to address the issue. According to a spokesperson, the State Department found that the human rights violations were effectively addressed, including by [...]
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faces a series of complaints filed across nine European countries on Monday, accusing the company of illegal use of private data in violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). NGO None of Your Business (Noyb) lodged complaints in France, Belgium, Austria, Spain, and the Netherlands, among other countries, raising concerns over X’s data [...]
The Court of Appeal of Malta on Monday rejected an extradition request from Romania for Prince Paul Philippe Al Romaniei due to a risk that he “would be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment due to the prison conditions.” In the judgment, Judge Edwina Grima, said that a variety of factors were taken into account, [...]
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, said Monday that international humanitarian law (IHL) is “under strain” due to “noncompliance.” In a speech given to mark the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Spoljaric raised concerns about “overly permissive interpretations” of IHL. She pointed to the violations of IHL occurring [...]
Muhammad Yunus, the interim leader of Bangladesh, was acquitted Sunday in a corruption case by a special court in Dhaka, according to an official of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) who spoke to The Daily Star. Yunus, a Nobel laureate, was acquitted by Judge Muhammed Rabiul Alam of the Special Judge’s Court-4 of Dhaka along with [...]
The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal dismissed the appeals brought by seven activists, including businessman Jimmy Lai, against their unauthorized assembly convictions on Monday. Following the UK Supreme Court’s judgments in DPP v Ziegler and Reference re Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill), the activists advocated for incorporating the “operational proportionality” inquiry [...]
A new Amnesty International report published on Monday revealed that gas flares in the Amazon pose an imminent threat to human rights. The report focuses on the Ecuadorian government’s failure to address the issue and stop activities such as flaring, which are harmful to the environment and the need to protect affected communities. The report, [...]
The leading opposition party in Venezuela is calling for protests around the world this Saturday to dispute the electoral victory of incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, which was upheld by the country’s Supreme Court of Justice. President of the Court Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez stated that the decision is final and not appealable. Both Maduro and opposition [...]
In this feature article, JURIST’s MariaPaz Rodriguez a student at the facultad de Derecho PUCP and Juan Pablo Villamizar Duran a, tenth-semester law student at the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombia outlines the annulment of Colombia’s Ministry of Equality by the country’s Constitutional Court and critiques the Ministry’s foundational efforts, highlighting the complexities in executing [...]
