A recent discussion among legal and human rights experts has exposed the alarming scale of obstetric violence in Africa, a crisis that contributes to the continent’s disproportionately high maternal ...

The UN human rights office stated Tuesday that Israeli strikes on homes and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon could constitute war crimes, as Israel intensifies its military campaign against its ...

Do you approve the text of the law revising Articles 87, paragraph 10, 102, paragraph 1, 104, 105, 106, paragraph 3, 107, paragraph 1, and 110 of the Constitution, approved by Parliament and ...

January 2026 marks the end of British Columbia’s three-year pilot program to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs, a move intended to address the west coast Canadian province’s ...

Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by ...

Ecuador has failed to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) order to protect the Tagaeri and Taromenane Indigenous peoples from oil facilities in Yasuní ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday raised concerns that the El Salvadorian government is forcibly disappearing and arbitrarily detaining Salvadorans deported from the US a year ago.   HRW reported ...

The Toronto Al-Quds Day rally proceeded as planned on Saturday after the Ontario Superior Court rejected the Ontario attorney general's request for an injunction against it. In his ruling, Judge ...

A UN special rapporteur on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to increase human rights safeguards in junta-controlled Myanmar, contending that the cost of international inaction is a death ...

At the 2026 Green Growth Summit on Monday, UN experts took the opportunity to promote renewable energy in the midst of global oil panic, urging Europe to not miss an opportunity to invest in green ...

The establishment of the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (STCA) marks a historic moment in the defense of the international legal order. Russia’s full‑scale invasion of ...

JURIST, the law student-powered international legal news organization, continues its 30th Anniversary celebration throughout 2026 with a special webinar series focused on the rule of law, human ...