Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji was the 4th President of the International Criminal Court. He is the Distinguished International Jurist at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at the Toronto Metropolitan University and a Special Advisor to the President of the University. From 2012 to 2021, he served as a judge at the ICC, first as a [...]
The Parliament of Gambia voted Monday to maintain a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) by rejecting a controversial bill which sought to reverse the prohibition and legalize the practice of female circumcision. The Women’s (Amendment) Bill 2024, introduced in March 2024, aimed to repeal the ban and introduce the option of “consent” for [...]
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of our correspondent filing this dispatch. The Taliban government’s recent enactment of the first-ever law governing Foreign Exchange Dealers (FXDs) and Money Service Providers (MSPs) in [...]
Local police announced Monday that an unknown person launched a grenade at a military recruitment office in the Ukrainian town of Busk, leading to an explosion. No injuries were reported. Police in the western Lviv region of Ukraine received a report Monday of explosives thrown by an unknown attacker into the side of the Territorial [...]
An Coimisiún Toghcháin (The Irish Electoral Commission) published a referendum report on Monday recommending that the current broadcast moratorium that covers issues concerning a referendum should be removed from the guidelines for radio and television broadcasters before the next electoral event. The report explained An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s role and functions in the family and care [...]
A US federal court on Monday dismissed all charges against Donald Trump in a case alleging the former president mishandled classified documents after leaving office. The ruling centered on Senior Counsel Jack Smith, whose appointment to prosecute the case was ruled unconstitutional. In November 2022, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith to serve [...]
Israeli government ministers voted on Sunday to extend the mandatory military service in the IDF from 32 to 36 months for men. This government order determines the length for the coming eight years, leaving the ultra-orthodox community exempted from this military service. The government order, once the pre-determined eight years have lapsed, is to become [...]
Israel’s airforce conducted a strike on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees’s (UNRWA) Abu Oraiban School building in Nuseirat refugee camp on Sunday. The strike killed at least 17 people, according to sources from Gaza’s civil defense agency, quoted by Al Jazeera. Israel stated that the strike was directed against “terrorists [...]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Sunday said it is investigating the Pennsylvania shooting incident in which former President Donald Trump was injured and an attendee killed as an assassination attempt and potential domestic terrorism. The FBI also stated that there were no current public safety concerns at the time when the statement [...]
Israeli authorities on Sunday reported a car-ramming attack in the area of Nir Tzvi junction, adjacent to the Tzirin military base in central Israel. The attack occurred when a car rammed into people at a bus station moments before the police neutralized the suspect. Four people injured from the attack were taken to a nearby [...]
