Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar said in a press conference on Monday that the Pakistani government is planning to ban former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and press treason charges against Khan under Article 6 of the Pakistani Constitution. Tarar said that there is credible evidence to ban PTI, taking into account [...]
Libya’s Attorney General on Monday announced the arrest of an unnamed aviation executive for illegally transporting migrants from Libya to Nicaragua. The executive, business director for Libya’s Ghadames Air, was accused of committing activities that were “harmful to the interests” of the Libyan state. An investigation revealed that planes from Libya’s Ghadames Air were illegally [...]
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered Former President Maithripala Sirisena to compensate the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks before August 30, 2024, according to local media. In January 2023, Sirisena was found guilty in a case related to the attacks and was ordered to pay Rs. 100 million as compensation to the [...]
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 [...]
